Firearms and other weapons in the police department property room , ca 1922 (MOHAI 5429)

Property rooms, or evidence rooms, are secure areas used to store seized property, stolen property, and

evidence Evidence for a proposition is what supports this proposition. It is usually understood as an indication that the supported proposition is true. What role evidence plays and how it is conceived varies from field to field. In epistemology, evidenc ...

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, al ...

. 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 ...

. All evidence taken in or out has to be tagged, logged and barcoded.

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