CHAPTER 55

 

AUXILIARY AND TECHNICAL SERVICES: COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE

 

This chapter consists of the following numbered sections:

55.1

55.2

55.3,4

55.5,6

55.7

55.8

55.9

55.10

55.11

55.12

55.13

Availability of Crime Scene Technician or Accident Scene Investigator
Collection of Samples for Comparison
Processing Physical Evidence in the Field
Crime Scene Photographs and Video Tapes
Collection and Preservation of Fingerprints
Crime and Accident Scene Vehicle, Equipment
Seizure of Computer Equipment
Required Reports
Chain of Custody
Submitting Evidence to Laboratories
DNA Recognition and Collection
NOTE: These policies or procedures are for internal use in the Weber County Sheriff’s Office only and are not for public dissemination. They do not enlarge an employee’s civil or criminal liability or responsibility in any way. They should not be construed as the creation of a higher standard of safety or care in an evidentiary sense, with respect to third party claims. Violations of these directives, if proven, can only form the basis for a complaint by this agency, and then only in a non-judicial administrative setting.