NEW LAW ON STORING EVIDENCE PUTS STATE IN PACK RAT MODE

The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado) BYLINE: PAM ZUBECK, pam.zubeck@gazette.com El Paso County, CO A mandate that law enforcement agencies keep evidence that “may contain” DNA in felony crimes is creating a storage and tracking nightmare, local...

MISHANDLED MONEY, EVIDENCE PROMPTED PROCEDURE CHANGES

The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado) BYLINE: LANCE BENZEL, lance.benzel@gazette.com Colorado Springs, CO An envelope containing nearly $3,000 went missing. An impounded motorcycle was given to the wrong person. A vehicle that should have been kept in case a...

MISHANDLED MONEY, EVIDENCE PROMPTED PROCEDURE CHANGES

The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado) BYLINE: LANCE BENZEL, lance.benzel@gazette.com Colorado Springs, CO An envelope containing nearly $3,000 went missing. An impounded motorcycle was given to the wrong person. A vehicle that should have been kept in case a...