Property rooms, or evidence rooms, are secure areas used to store
seized property,
stolen property, and
evidence to be used in court. They are typically located in a
police station
A police station (sometimes called a "station house" or just "house") is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, ...
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Evidence or property in most cases may only be handled by technicians in order to preserve the
chain of custody
Chain of custody (CoC), in legal contexts, is the chronological documentation or paper trail that records the sequence of custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of materials, including physical or electronic evidence. Of particula ...
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All evidence taken in or out has to be tagged, logged and barcoded.
References
Law enforcement
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