2004 Annual Report - City of Fairbanks

EVIDENCE
The Evidence Unit is manned
solely by Evidence Custodian
Tyler Mowrey. In 2004, Mr.
Mowrey handled 2376 cases,
logging-in a total of 5289
physical items of evidence. This
represents a 19% increase in the
number of cases handled as
compared to 2003.
Upon completion of a case, a
letter is sent to the owner
regarding any recovered
property collected in evidence.
These are sent by returnreceipt
mail service, and advise
the owner that they have 30 days from the date of the letter’s receipt to collect the
item. If the item is not collected, it will either be destroyed, or put into the City’s
inventory for auction. In 2004 Evidence Custodian Mowrey returned 499 items of
property to their rightful owners. 284 items were retained for City Auction, and
are scheduled for sale in 2005.
Quarterly Evidence-Room audits were once again conducted in 2004, with
additional monthly “spot-audits” being conducted by on-duty Watch Commanders.
There were no errors found in 2004 in the particularly critical areas of cash,
drugs, or firearms. Any minor errors discovered in property cases were found to
be recording-errors (i.e. transposition of digits on a case number) and were
immediately corrected.
Through his advanced training, as well performance-based reviews regarding his
exceptional organizational skills and records-keeping, Mr. Mowrey has attained the
title of “Certified Property and Evidence Specialist,” one of only two in the entire
State of Alaska!
Counterfeit bill recovered
from a printer.
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Typical “street” drug
packaging.