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JAN
17

Bullet discharges in downtown courthouse evidence room

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in  Texas
Houston Chronicle, chron.comBYLINE: Dale LezonHarris County, TXAn accidental bullet discharge Friday morning in the evidence room in the basement at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center has injured a county deputy.The incident occurred about 11:20 a.m. at 1201 Franklin....
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MAR
01

L.A. Asks High Court to Overturn Ruling on Homeless Belongings

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in  California
KTLA-TV, ktla.comBYLINE: KTLA 5 Web StaffLos Angeles, CALOS ANGELES — Citing an immediate public health threat, the city of Los Angeles is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court ruling preventing the random seizure and destruction of belongings that homeless...
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AUG
03

BANNING: PCP fumes send police officers to hospital

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in  California
Enterprise Media, The Press-Enterprise, pe.comBYLINE: KEVIN PEARSON, STAFF WRITER, to ArticleBanning, CATwo Banning police officers had to be taken to the hospital this week after PCP fumes escaped from an evidence packet that was about to be destroyed.Th...
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AUG
13

Evidence in criminal cases requires extra care

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in  Florida
News Herald, newsherald.comBYLINE: CHRIS SEGAL / News Herald WriterLink to ArticleBay County, FLBay County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Investigator Chris Reynolds takes fingerprints from a piece of paper in Lynn Haven Wednesday. TERRY BARNER / The News HeraldPANAMA CITY — T...
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AUG
26

Police Clerk Suffers Bullet Shrapnel Wound

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in  California
KCRA-TV, kcra.com, Hearst Stations Inc.Link to ArticleOne Video Sacramento, CAWorker Dropped Evidence Envelope, Authorities SaySACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Sacramento police property clerk was wounded by bullet shrapnel Thursday morning when she accidentally dropped an evidence e...
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AUG
26

Inmates evacuated in bomb scare at city magistrate's office

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in  Texas
San Antonio Express-News, METRO AND STATE NEWS; Pg. 2BBYLINE: Guillermo X. Garcia, STAFFSan Antonio, TXA bomb scare at the city magistrate's office triggered some anxious moments as dozens of manacled inmates were temporarily evacuated from the building Wednesday evening.The...
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AUG
26

BRIEF: Boy found with pipe bomb on school grounds

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in  Washington
The Wenatchee World (Washington), STATE AND REGIONAL NEWSDistributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business NewsBYLINE: Dee Riggs, The Wenatchee World, Wash.Wenatchee, WAAug. 26 -- EAST WENATCHEE -- An official at Eastmont Junior High School found a pipe bomb inside the backpack of a...
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AUG
03

Odor leaves department feeling green

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in  Texas
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, SECTION: B; Pg. 9BYLINE: Katherine Rosenberg, / 886-3778Corpus Christi, TXThe last thing you would expect to smell in the police department is the strong odor of marijuana.But that's what many visitors and even more employee...
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JUL
13

Fire-damaged evidence removed

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in  Oklahoma
The Sequoyah County Times, sequoyahcountytimes.comBYLINE: Courtney CobleSallisaw, OKOn Wednesday police piled up bags of debris and chemicals that were destroyed by a Tuesday night fire at the Sallisaw Police Department. Capt. Beau Gabbert makes his way back to bring out mor...
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FEB
17

Rusty gun a rude surprise

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in  Nebraska
Omaha World-HeraldLink to ArticleOmaha, NENever trust a rusty gun.One Omaha police officer learned that lesson earlier this month while checking a shotgun into the evidence room at Central Police Headquarters, 505 S. 15th St.Officer Darrelle Bonam, a veteran of more than fiv...
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FEB
10

Problems At The Memphis Fire Evidence Room

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in  Tennessee
myeyewitnessnews.comBYLINE: Jeni DiPrizio, Email: Link to ArticleOne PictureMemphis, TNMEMPHIS, TN - We’ve found another problem at the Memphis Fire Department. This time it has to do with the room where evidence is kept for arson cases.Accordi...
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JAN
15

Ex-Bentonville evidence officer decertified

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in  Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)BYLINE: JACOB QUINN SANDERS ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEBentonville, AREAST CAMDEN - A fired Bentonville Police Department evidence officer and crime scene investigator lost her state-issued certification Thursday.At a meeting here, the Ar...
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NOV
09

A matter of trust?

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in  Texas
www.montgomerycountynews.netLink to ArticleTwo photosOne videoBYLINE: Jamie NashSplendora, TXDiscussion continues regarding EMC injection wellBishop asks community to consider his recordSPLENDORA - Former Pct. 4 Constable Travis Bishop, who lost that post to now Constable Ro...
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JAN
27

Grand jury reports on sheriff's property room

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in  California
The Bakersfield CalifornianBYLINE: The Bakersfield CalifornianKern County, CAJan. 27--The Kern County grand jury released a report Tuesday saying it's impressed with the Sheriff's Department's property room but has recommendations for improvement.The recommendations included...
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Washington Supreme Court rules state drug possession law unconstitutional after challenge by Spokane woman

West 27 February 2021
Lechich said the ruling was retroactive, and that those convicted under the state's felony drug possession statute could petition the courts for a restoration of the right to vote, own guns or receive...
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Charges: Narcotics investigator tested positive for fentanyl on the job

Minnesota 26 February 2021
Backman did not log some seized drug paraphernalia into evidence February 24, 2021 (FOX 9) - Charges say a narcotics investigator from Fergus Falls, Minnesota was under the influence of fentanyl while...
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Toronto cop who stole opioids from force lockers for personal use won't be charged

International 26 February 2021
"The decision to not charge the officer is similar to when we don't charge individuals when we respond to drug overdoses." February 26, 2020 A Toronto detective stole opioids from evidence lockers to ...
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Pulaski deputy detective suspended

Indiana 26 February 2021
Suspension happened after an audit of the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department evidence room February 25, 2021 Feb. 25—The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department has suspended a deputy, Detective Jason Wo...
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Drugs seized as evidence in police investigations going missing almost once a fortnight

International 22 February 2021
A Freedom of Information request by the Telegraph reveals that between the start of 2013 and May 2020, there have been more than 158 instances of drugs going missing from custody of the Metropolitan P...
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