SPECIAL REPORT Modern Evidence Management SUMMARY


The art of managing physical evidence has greatly evolved. New apps and software are providing ways of handling both traditional physical evidence and digital evidence.


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MODERN


EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT


FROM AFFORDABLE STORAGE TO COURT DISCOVERY REQUESTS


lice departments has become even more challenging as departments are required to maintain digital recordings from dash cams and body cams. Added to the sheer vol- ume of recordings, the freedom of information requests that are being made for those recordings and which must be processed in a timely and legal manner have become a monumental issue.


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32 LAW and ORDER I June 2015 anaging evidence for modern po- By Kathy Marks


evidence may be released or destroyed, helping with the huge backlog in many evidence storage rooms from never getting rid of anything nor having a system that would manage this issue. New apps and software are providing ways of handling both traditional physical evidence and digital evidence. These new products are helping solve issues of affordable storage, managing digital evidence to be able to reply to court discovery and FOIA requests, and being able to quickly search and locate information critical to modern investigations.


Abbott Informatics www.starlims.com


The STARLIMS Forensics platform from Abbott Informatics offers both a LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Sys- tem) and a QMS (Quality Management System) in one package. STARLIMS integrates agencies’ needs for tracking evidence,


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