The mission of the Evidence Section is to accept, catalog, safeguard, store, produce as required for court, return to legal owner or otherwise legally dispose of all property coming into the custody of the Weaverville Police Department.
Property received by the Evidence Section includes evidence related to all crimes investigated by the Weaverville Police Department, and contains general property of all descriptions.
All property coming into and leaving the Evidence Section is subject to strict legal constraints. It is given a computerized bar scan which is attached to the package/evidence and logged into the Evidence Database.
Property that can be legally returned to its rightful owner is done so in a timely manner. Contraband is destroyed when it is no longer needed for a criminal case.
Detective Alan Wyatt is responsible for our evidence storage and procedures.
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