Title 7 - Evidence and Property Flashcards
(39 cards)
7.040
What does an officer do if they recover .50 caliber or larger ammunition for evidence?
Contact ABS to submit as evidence. Do not take to evidence unit.
7.070
Can the department convert evidence for Dep use?
Yes, if:
- ) The item is not needed in a judicial proceeding, and
- ) There is no known owner or the item has been forfeited, and
- ) the item is for Dept use.
7.070
What evidence items can’t be converted to Dept use?
Tube televisions and computers.
7.080
How many employees will be present to count any money being submitted?
Two employees.
7.080
How will all money evidence be pacakgaed?
In a sealed currency envelope. This applies to paper, coin, counterfeit and foreign currency.
7.080
Can counterfeit and normal money, or foreign currency and U.S currency, be packaged together?
No. Each type of currency is packaged in a separate currency envelope.
7.080
Who signs the Currency Envelope?
Both employees who counted the money.
7.080
How is counterfeit money packaged?
In it’s own Currency Envelope with “counterfeit” written on the outside.
7.080
When will the evidence unit deposit U.S currency submitted as evidence into a bank account?
90 days after submission. Employees may request that the currency is retained by the evidence unit and not placed in a bank.
7.080
What money submitted for evidence is not placed into a bank account after 90 days?
- Money that is physical evidence
- Counterfeit money
- Money requiring laboratory examination
- Foregin money (including Canadian)
- Money known or suspected to be bio-hazardous
- Money with collectible or sentimental value
- “Marked” buy money.
7.090
Where will officers store digitial and photo evidence?
Evidence.com
7.090
What will employees add when uploading video or photo evidence to evidence.com?
Add the event number and category
7.090
Can employees create or store photo or video evidence on personal devices?
No
7.090
Can employees use personal equipment to capture photo or video evidence?
No. Must use dept issued devices.
7.090
What will employees use to take evidentiary photos on issued smartphones?
Use Axon Capture moble app.
7.090
Who restricts video or photo evidnece?
The lead investigator or supervisor from the investigating unit.
7.090
How is photo or video evidence restricted?
Lead investigator or supervisor contacts photo/video unit to restrict digital evidence.
7.090
How do officers handle evidence on physical media (usb)?
Officers will upload the media into evidence.com then sumbit the physical media device, containing the original files, into evidence.
7.110
When can officers use BWV or ICV to record statements?
Exigent circumstances when Axon Capture and digitial recorders are not available.
7.110
How do officers take digital audio statements?
Officers may use Axon Capture on a dept smartphone or use a digital audio recorder.
7.110
What must officers do if they take a recorded statement using BWV or ICV?
- Document why axon capture or digital recorder wasnt used.
- Tag video with related case number.
- Bookmark the time within the video of the statement.
7.110
Can officers keep a temporary working copy of photos, video or audio statement on their dept computer?
Yes. Once it is no longer needed, must delete it.
7.110
Where are audio statements uploaded to?
Evidence.com
7.110
Can officers take audio-recorded statements using a non-dept device?
Yes, only in exigent circumstances.
(this exception isn’t present for video or photo evidence.)
