No matter how small a community, crime still happens. Law enforcement in the area may be limited to only a few officers, but they still deal with a high volume of evidence. They’re typically doing it.
Redesigning Storage for the Whitehall Police Department Yields Arresting Results in a Limited Space
By some estimates, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds. Think about that. Every day, in excess of 570 people experience sexual violence in this country.
Law enforcement works to lock up criminals, but to do so they often also need to lock up evidence. Lost or tampered with evidence can end careers. Failure to secure chain of custody can also be.
Improperly stored and preserved evidence impedes justice and can kill careers. In a Colorado Springs example, poor evidence protection practices negatively impacted 5,014 cases and led to a no.
