page_title: Evidence packaging
hierarchical_section_title: Evidence packaging
caption_attribution_description: English: Mobile phones in a UK evidence bag
context_page_description: Evidence packaging involves the specialized packaging methods and materials used for physical evidence. Items need to be collected at a crime scene or a fire scene, forwarded to a laboratory for forensic analysis, put in secure storage, and used in a courtroom. Items might include DNA, hair samples, body parts, blood samples, sperm, knives, vomit, firearms, bullets, fire accelerants, computers, checkbooks, etc.
  Each police or fire jurisdiction has its own policies and procedures for evidence collection and handling. Legal requirements for admissible evidence to a court also vary from region to region. Many commonalities do exist.
context_section_description: Evidence packaging  involves the specialized packaging methods and materials used for physical evidence.  Items need to be collected at a crime scene or a fire scene, forwarded to a laboratory for forensic analysis, put in secure storage, and used in a courtroom. Items might include DNA, hair samples, body parts, blood samples, sperm,  knives, vomit, firearms, bullets, fire accelerants, computers, checkbooks, etc.
  Each police or fire jurisdiction has its own policies and procedures for evidence collection and handling.  Legal requirements for admissible evidence to a court also vary from region to region.  Many commonalities do exist.
caption: Two mobile phones in a security bag or "evidence bag"
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