State College and University police have never had a problem with security in their evidence rooms. Both police departments allow only two people access to the evidence rooms. Conrad and Police Chief Tom King have access to the State College police room. Jackson and Investigator Larry Govedich have access to the University police room. Police officers collect the evidence by gathering all pertinent materials from crime scenes, Jackson said.
Officers then place that evidence in a temporary containment facility.
An officer in charge of evidence will then transport those materials to the evidence room and fill out the necessary paperwork, Conrad said. Once a case has been concluded and no appeals are expected to be filed, the evidence is removed from the evidence room, Jackson said. If the material is stolen property, then it is returned to its rightful owner, he said. If confiscated evidence was used in the commission of a crime, then it is sold at a community auction or destroyed.