Partner Webinar with IAPE: Storage: Where is it?
Date: 2/12/2025
Time: 10:00am PT
Presenter: Joe Latta (IAPE)
Co-Presenter: Shannon Turner
Transforming Evidence Rooms: From Chaos to Best Practices
Join us for a partner webinar training with IAPE (International Association for Property and Evidence) that provides an honest look at real property rooms and demonstrates how to transform a challenging situation into IAPE best practices for evidence storage.
Learn the best techniques for storing a wide range of items, from flammables and long guns to currency, bikes, cell phones, and mattresses. This critical training is filled with images and ideas to assist agencies at any level of evidence management in understanding and implementing IAPE best practices.
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Why Attend:
- Become an expert at IAPE storage best practices for every type of evidence
- Create a vision for your agency’s evidence management
- Understand the tools and techniques you’ll need to achieve that vision
Who Should Attend:
- Anyone responsible for supporting the integrity of evidence storage at their agency – from command staff to evidence room technicians.
About the Presenters:
IAPE - International Association for Property and Evidence
The International Association for Property and Evidence has been teaching Property and Evidence Management class since 1993. In that time they have instructed of 25,000 property room professionals and all 50 states and most of the provinces in Canada.
IAPEs goal is ensure that anyone who works in the property room, whether a supervisor or manages of the property room understands all of the complexities , nuisances and liabilities of the property room.
Additionally, IAPE also provides a Certification Program – CPES (Certified Property and Evidence Specialist) for all students and an Accreditation Program for departments
Joe Latta:
Is a retired police lieutenant from Burbank, CA, who has instructed over 800 classes in his career for IAPE, California POST, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Additionally, Joe is the President of Evidence Control Systems, Inc., which has conducted nearly 100 audits of law enforcement agencies throughout the US and Canada, and has authored several books on the management of property rooms.
Shannon Turner
Since her career began in 1981, Shannon has worked in many facets of the criminal justice system. Her broad knowledge base includes criminal defense, prosecution, victim advocacy, the courts, and evidence management. She was an evidence technician and crime scene investigator for 10 years and understands the intricate components of criminal investigations.
Since 2004, Shannon has focused exclusively on evidence management in a variety of capacities. As an evidence specialist with FileOnQ, Shannon has personally worked with over 300 agencies from the U.S. and Canada to help them increase the efficiency of their evidence management through technology. Many of the projects included developing new policies and procedures, recommending new storage methods, and providing input on property room design. Shannon has assisted agencies in planning and executing the move of their evidence facility and conducted audits and inventories. Her experience with both small and large agencies at the city, county, and state levels has given her vast knowledge that she uses to benefit other departments.
Shannon is an enthusiastic and engaging instructor. In 2022 she became the instructor of the semi-annual 40-hour evidence management course offered by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission. She has been an instructor at the annual California Association of Property Evidence (CAPE) conference and a facilitator for webinars sponsored by the Washington State Law Enforcement Information and Records Association (LEIRA). She is also the instructor of the evidence track for LEIRA’s biennial conference and conference speaker of the Oregon Peace Officers Association.
Shannon’s fundamental passion for justice motivated her to provide expert witness services in civil actions on behalf of post-conviction exonerees. She finds this work fulfilling and is an outspoken advocate for The Innocence Project.