tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4047931194684712488..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Police evidence rooms another function we don't need cops to performGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17787469072881364502020-08-21T18:28:54.399-05:002020-08-21T18:28:54.399-05:00My town has the evidence room in civilian hands an...My town has the evidence room in civilian hands and the police think that's taken-for-granted necessary to preserve independence. Works fine as far as I know. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-66179859670475759692020-08-20T19:41:24.991-05:002020-08-20T19:41:24.991-05:00Any word yet on potential cost savings by moving i...Any word yet on potential cost savings by moving it to independent/civilian vendors?<br /><br />Also, this concept should also extend to property taken by LEOs of arrestees. APD has 'accidentally' destroyed phones (of copwatching) or not given property back upon release (most affected are the homeless, the least able to replace it) and just a few weeks ago, one of our medics was arrested that night of the building scaling anarchist-snipers (!) - NO one could figure out why (stepped in the street for a second tending to someone), but he just found out today that they destroyed his radios he was carrying (2 way/for medic communication) and much of his medical kit. :-(<br /><br />Handling by an outside party would take away the revenge temptation. Cuz cops be like that :-(Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16073999268504395587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54999057858025232062020-08-20T10:39:50.404-05:002020-08-20T10:39:50.404-05:00Put my scrapbooking ladies in charge of this. Not...Put my scrapbooking ladies in charge of this. Not only are they breathtakingly organized and used to dealing with disparate objects, one glance from their steely gaze would render a careless detective to a blubbering, remorseful acolyte. Nothing would be misplaced or mishandled again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56918336476614711832020-08-20T09:24:44.699-05:002020-08-20T09:24:44.699-05:00"civilized, modern, and forward-thinking"..."civilized, modern, and forward-thinking" those are fightin' words round these parts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31844180657195084852020-08-20T08:17:20.311-05:002020-08-20T08:17:20.311-05:00Please do an expose' of the life-threatening u...Please do an expose' of the life-threatening unabated heat in Texas prisons. This practice of further punishing the incarcerated is above and beyond humane treatment even for animals. In fact, an air conditioned barn for hogs on one of the prison farms took presidence over human beings. This inhumane treatment of people who are serving their time and who are then further punished by being subjected to inhumane treatment is a disgrace. The reputation of Texas as a civilized, modern, and forward-thinking state is a lie as long as human beings are treated worse than farm animals. Shame on you, Texas.rozmatazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324115862665640779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87639654120656633302020-08-20T07:24:38.910-05:002020-08-20T07:24:38.910-05:00This is a very good idea. In my own case, the sta...This is a very good idea. In my own case, the state lost the most important piece of evidence that could, with DNA testing, exonerate me between the lab, the police evidence locker and the DA's office. It's almost as if someone took the evidence out and burned it without keeping records. <br />Trial evidence is the only evidence a person is allowed to use in seeking exoneration according to the courts, but sloppy evidence procedures and multiple custodial agencies make a perfect recipe for injustice to be perpetuated indefinitely.Steven Michael Seyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809935502307219692noreply@blogger.com