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Best Practices for Managing an Evidence Room

7/13/2018
Is your evidence room bursting at the seams? Do you have property you don’t know what to do with? The Evidence Room Management course will address policies, procedures, and internal controls for managing evidence rooms.
 
The course is designed for personnel who are assigned to supervise, manage, or work in their agency’s evidence room. It will address policies and procedures, packaging, storage, common problems in evidence rooms, purging and disposition, and internal controls. 
 
Also covered will be best practices for the management of evidence rooms based on professional standards suggested by the International Association of Property and Evidence. Students will receive a copy of the textbook Property and Evidence by the Book, 2nd Edition as part of the class tuition.
 
Note: Students should bring a copy of their evidence room policy. Since course material will be provided on a USB flash drive, students should also bring a laptop or electronic device capable of reading one. A limited number of OPOTA laptops are available for students to borrow.

London class:

Nov. 19 - 20, 2018 
OPOTA London
1650 State Route 56 SW
London, Ohio 43140
Cost: $240

Richfield classes:

July 26 - 27, 2018 
OPOTA Richfield
4055 Highlander Parkway
Richfield, Ohio 44268
Cost: $240
 
Nov. 7 - 8, 2018 
OPOTA Richfield
4055 Highlander Parkway
Richfield, Ohio 44268
Cost $240
 
Additional details and other course offerings are available in the OPOTA course catalog.