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Request:
Q1. Please supply a copy of your force policy document(s) regarding forensic exhibit packaging including the exhibits recovery and storage.
Q2. Please supply a copy of your mobile phone / device recovery and storage policy if this is a separate document to that requested at 1.
Q3. In relation to mobile phones and devices what packaging do officers and staff use within the force to store those devices seized as evidence / for examination
Q4. If that packaging is a box are the devices secured within the box and if so how are they secured.
Q5. If boxes are used who are the manufacture(s) of the boxes
Response:
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that some of the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Q1 & Q2. Exhibit recovery, packaging and storage are part of the quality manual. The NPCC document entitled ‘Storage, retention and destruction of records and materials seized for forensic examination’ is publicly available and is a document which sets out the requirements regarding the storage, retention and destruction of records and materials that have been seized for forensic examination. Please see the following link: NPCC Forensic Retention Guidance v1.0.pdf (fcn.police.uk)
Q3. Evidence bags are used for storage packaging.
Q4. No information held
Q5. No information held
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.