Property room

thumb|Firearms and other weapons in the Seattle Police Department property room, circa 1922. '''Property rooms''', or '''evidence rooms''', are secure areas used to store seized property, stolen property, and evidence to be used in court. They are typically located in a police station.<ref name="PhillipsKliment2003">{{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Todd S.|last2=Kliment|first2=Stephen A.|last3=Griebel|first3=Michael A.|title=Building Type Basics for Justice Facilities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFSk9-0uFWQC&pg=PA26|accessdate=8 December 2015|date=2003-07-29|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780471008446|pages=26–}}</ref> Evidence or property in most cases may only be handled by technicians in order to preserve the chain of custody.<ref name="Bevans2014">{{cite book|last=Bevans|first=Neal|title=Criminal Law and Procedure for the Paralegal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lg8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA105|accessdate=8 December 2015|date=2014-01-29|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=9781305177505|pages=105–}}</ref> All evidence taken in or out has to be tagged, logged and barcoded.

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