​Instructor: Lawrence Stringham
Course length: 16 hours

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The Property and Evidence Procedures course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of best practices for today’s property and evidence (P&E) discipline.  Within the two days of instruction, several topics will be covered from training to disposition of evidence.  This class will stress and instruct high responsibility issues that are found in the field of P&E to include:

•    Safety and Security
•    Training and FTO programs
•    Proper acceptance procedures
•    Audits/Inspections and Spot checks

These topics are suitable for the new evidence trainee to the more experienced P&E technician.  An open time will be provided during the course so that departments can compare procedures and policies as they refer to best practices.  A special block of instruction will also be given in liability subjects to include:

•    Weapons
•    Narcotics
•    Money and high dollar items

Finally, newer technologies will be covered and discussed in depth so that the student can understand the relationship of these technologies and their place within the P&E unit.  Topics will include handheld scanners and scan guns, bar code labeling and storage software, and understanding how the receipt and disposition of evidence is critical.

Detailed Course Outline

Personnel

• Understanding the place of P&E in the field of law enforcement
• FTO program
• Safety and security
• Training
  
  

Evidence/Property

• Handling and packaging procedures
• Documentation and Paperwork
• Dispositions and Purging
  
  

Managing the office

• Job duties
• Quality control
  
  

Accountability

• Audits
• Inspections
• Spot checks
  
  

Difficult Controlled Items/High Risk

• Guns
• Narcotics
• Currency and high dollar value

 
Biohazard and Safety Issues

• Blood items
• Dangerous Materials
  
  

Policies and Procedures

Automation and Bar Codes

Lawrence Stringham

Holding an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice, Lawrence Stringham has been connected with law enforcement since 1985 when he joined the US Air Force as a Security Policeman.

He testified as an expert in the fields of latent print identification, 10-print identification, and crime scene procedures to include forensic light sources, photography, scene processing and crime scene reconstruction.

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