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Police evidence rooms are ‘red-headed stepchildren’ of law enforcement, Integrity Unit told

At yesterday’s meeting of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ Criminal Justice Integrity Unit, created earlier this summer to examine proposed innocence-related reforms, John Vasquez from the Texas Association of Property and Evidence Inventory Technicians (TAPEIT) gave an interesting presentation about evidence preservation failures and the need for greater professionalism and implementation of best practices by police department property rooms. TAPEIT has about 600 active members who work in law enforcement agencies around the state, he said.     

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