Guides & Manuals to Download
In an effort to facilitate high property and evidence room standards, IAPE provides the following free, download-able manuals and policies from IAPE as well as other law enforcement agencies. Feel free to adapt and change the wording to suit your agency policies.(please read our
liability waiver)*
IAPE Guides and Manuals
IAPE Professional Standards
Law Enforcement Property & Evidence Audit Guide (CA)
Law Enforcement Property & Evidence Management Guide (CA)
State of Minnesota Best Practices (2011)
CALEA Standards (2006)
Law Enforcement Packaging Manuals
Dona Ana County, NM Packaging Manual
Fairfax, VA Packaging Manual
FBI Packaging Manual
Mesa, AZ Packaging Manual
Tampa, FL Police Department Packaging Manual
West Manheim Township PD, Property Manual
Law Enforcement Submission Manuals
Alleghency Lab Submission Manual
Delaware evidience guidelines_101508
FBI Forensic Manual
FDLE 2009 Evidence Submission Manual
Idaho Evidence Handbook
Missouri Highway Patrol
New Jersey Evidence_Field Manual
North Carolina Evidence Guide (2012)
NY forensics
Rhode Island Submission and Service Manual
South Dakota Submission Manual
Texas Physical Evidence Manual
VA Crime Lab Sec GO
Washington State Evidence Handbook
Wisconsin Physical Evidence Handbook
Law Enforcement Property Manuals
Burbank PD Property Manual
IAPE Sample Property Manual
Washington County Sheriff's Office Property Evidence Manual
Wash State Property and Evidence Manual
Law Enforcement Miscellaneous Links
DOJ Crime Scene Inv.
Forms
IAPE Generic Forms
IAPE Professional Standards
The current vesion of the IAPE Professional Standards may be downloaded:
IAPE Professional Standards (pdf 561k, 79 pages)
You may also downloas The IAPE Professional Standards by section:
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IAPE Sample Property Manual:
IAPE Generic Forms:
Law Enforcement Property & Evidence Management Guide
From POST - California, Police Officer Standards & Training, co-authored by
Lt. Joseph T. Latta (Ret). Guide focuses on property/evidence processes and procedures for all law enforcement agencies.
Sections of the guide include: Organizational Considerations, Documentation, Storage Facilities, Property & Evidence Handling Procedures, Audits & Inventories, Property Disposition & Purging, Legal & Regulatory Issues, and Automation. As a "live" document, this online guide will be updated periodically as legislative changes occur. In addition, property and evidence management will be impacted by local practices and procedures.
Also included: Table of Contents links to help navigate, links to California Property & Evidence Codes by category (see Chapter 8), a glossary of terms, useable sample forms, and a link to State recommendations on DNA testing.
POST - Police Officer Standards & Training
Law Enforcement Agency Manuals
The following agencies have generously agreed to share their Evidence and Property manuals and policies. Use these as guides for developing or updating your own agency policies.
Burbank PD Property Manual:
Fairfax, VA Property Manual:
Mesa, AZ Packaging Manual:
Tampa (FL) Police Department
This PowerPoint presentation of Evidence Control guidelines show personnel how to package weapons, sharps and narcotics for submission to the Evidence Control Section.
West Manheim Township PD, Property Manual
Many thanks to Toby Wildasin, Property Officer, West Manheim Township Police Dept. for providing this manual.
Wisconsin Physical Evidence Handbook
Disseminated state-wide for packaging of all evidence
pdf (4mb)
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Siloam Springs Police Department Evidence Division
Power Point Evidence Presentation
by Evidence/Warrants Specialist Doyle Neal
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*IMPORTANT NOTICE and LIABILITY WAIVER:
The International Association for Property and Evidence Inc. authorizes sharing the attached manuals and forms with other law enforcement agencies as a courtesy, it does not endorse, recommend or encourage its use as policy or procedure for other agencies.
Each agency that uses the manuals, accepts all risks involved in such use, including any civil or criminal liability that may arise. The International Association for Property and Evidence, Inc. or any of its members do not accept responsibility for said use.
Each organization of any type using this data does so at its own risk, and should utilize competent legal counsel in deciding what, if any, part of this data will be used in any way.
