Why Choose LCG for Evidence Audit & Relocation?
- Proven Track Record: Executed the largest evidence relocation project in U.S. history, safeguarding over 1 million evidence items within 89 days.
- Comprehensive Evidence Audit: We meticulously audit evidence, assessing its condition, verifying its integrity, and completing documentation to ensure its legal defensibility.
- Chain of Custody Review: Our experts rigorously review and maintain the chain of custody, ensuring continuity and integrity from initial handling to final relocation.
- Catastrophic Event Evidence Restoration: From fires to floods, we specialize in restoring and preserving evidence compromised by catastrophic events, minimizing risk, and maintaining evidential value.
- Temporary Evidence Room Management: To ensure uninterrupted operations, LCG can temporarily manage an agency’s Evidence Room, providing seamless continuity while performing audits, relocations, and chain-of-custody verifications.
- Complete Verifiable Chain of Custody Documentation: Our proprietary system meticulously documents every step of evidence handling, ensuring that every action is verifiable and defensible in court.
- Custom Solutions: Our proprietary evidence management system, built on the Salesforce platform, is the first of its kind and designed to meet the rigorous standards of civil and criminal courts.
Our Methodology
Detailed Evidence Audit and Site Assessment
Our team conducts comprehensive audits, assessing the condition of every piece of evidence, verifying the chain of custody, and documenting all findings with photographic and written reports.
Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Before initiating any evidence handling, LCG develops detailed SOPs governing every aspect of evidence assessment, restoration, handling, and relocation, ensuring security and accuracy at every step.
Catastrophic Event Evidence Restoration
We specialize in restoring evidence compromised by catastrophic events, including fire, water, smoke, and physical damage. Our team expertly mitigates damage, repackages compromised evidence, and preserves integrity for legal proceedings.
Temporary Evidence Room Management
LCG can assume complete operational control of an agency’s Evidence Room to ensure uninterrupted operations during an audit, relocation, or restoration. Our experienced team maintains daily operational standards while performing comprehensive audits and chain-of-custody verifications.
Advanced Evidence Documentation System
LCG utilizes a custom-built evidence management system to track every piece of evidence, ensuring detailed and defensible documentation suitable for civil and criminal court challenges. LCG can utilize the existing Evidence Management system if needed.
Comprehensive Chain of Custody Review and Management
We meticulously review and document every transfer of custody, using photographic, written, and digital records to maintain an unbroken chain of custody throughout the entire process, ensuring complete verifiability.
Secure Relocation and Repackaging
LCG expertly handles the secure relocation and repackaging of evidence, including contaminated or damaged items, ensuring preservation of integrity and compliance with court standards. LCG can utilize the existing Evidence Management system if needed.
Case Study Spotlight: Kansas City Police Department (KCPD)
After a catastrophic fire at the Kansas City Police Department’s evidence storage facility, LCG was engaged to:
- Audit and Relocate: Over 2,700 bins containing over 1 million evidence items, while conducting complete chain of custody reviews and generating verifiable documentation.
- Restore and Preserve Evidence: Successfully restored and repackaged 54% of the evidence that was compromised by water and smoke damage.
- Temporary Evidence Room Management: Assumed operational control to ensure uninterrupted evidence room operations while performing the audit and relocation.
- Document and Defend: Produced comprehensive documentation and a sworn affidavit used to defend all evidence integrity challenges in court—without a single loss.
- Set New Standards: Developed processes that met and exceeded CALEA’s published standards for evidence handling and safekeeping.
Who We Serve
- Law Enforcement Agencies – Local, State, and Federal
- Government Agencies – SLED (State, Local, and Education) and Federal
- Legal Teams – Assisting with defensible evidence relocation, chain of custody review, and catastrophic event restoration.
- Insurance Providers – Mitigating risk through secure and documented evidence handling.
Secure Your Evidence with Confidence
At LCG Discovery Experts, we understand the critical importance of maintaining evidence integrity. Our comprehensive services in Evidence Audit, Chain of Custody Review, Catastrophic Event Evidence Restoration, and Evidence Relocation under Full Verifiable Chain of Custody ensure that every piece of evidence is preserved, documented, and defended to the highest legal standards.
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Contact us today to learn how we can help your organization preserve the integrity of its evidence and ensure continuous operations during audits and relocations.
