This also includes attention to procedures and management policies. An organizational audit examines and evaluates an agency's structure and encompasses plans, polices and systems. In order to be successful in the management of the law enforcement property operation, basic standards are imperative and a thorough audit of the property function should meet the standards listed below. 1.6 At least once a month, the officer having command of or exercising operational control over the evidence custodial should conduct an inspection of the evidence room. Provisions of departmental orders or other directives pertaining to the maintenance of evidential security are being followed.
Evidence is beingprotected from damage or deterioration.
Evidence is being accounted for properly. Evidence having no further evidentiary value is being disposed of promptly. Evidence accountability and security procedures should receive primary attention during spot inspections. A random comparison of records with the physical evidence to which they pertain should consume most of the time allotted to the conduct of spot inspections. The inspection is conducted to determine that the property room is being maintained in a clean and orderly fashion, that the integrity of the property is being maintained, that provisions of agency orders or other directives concerning the property management system are being followed, that property is being protected from damage or deterioration, that proper accountability procedures are being maintained, and that property having no further evidentiary value is being disposed of promptly.