Storage Solved ® Challenges: Before the city of Houston built its new Houston Police Department (HPD) Property Room, the police department stored evidence and property in an antiquated building that had outlived its purpose. The facility made evidence storage a significant challenge requiring increased levels of staffing and ever escalating time spent on finding and retrieving evidence when needed for court. In addition, HPD was faced with exponential growth of evidence and property. It is a problem shared by police departments nationwide, according to Evidence Control Systems President Joe Latta, who consulted for HPD during the new facility design process. The importance of DNA evidence today has significantly increased the amount of evidence departments need to collect and

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