Vol. 241: Ventilated Evidence ‘Cabinets’

Securing the chain of custody and protecting personnel from fumes

Storing drug evidence is a challenge for many police departments. Drug evidence is valuable, so it requires an additional layer of security, and it also needs to be properly ventilated to protect personnel from potentially harmful fumes. Some police departments solve these problems by building separate rooms within their evidence storage areas. 

To provide additional security and ventilation for drug evidence without the expense of adding a room, these Midwestern police departments worked with their Spacesaver consultant to design locking “cabinets” that connect to ventilation ducts. The cabinets consist of Spacesaver 4-Post shelving fitted with locking frame-mounted doors, a duct fitting, and waterfall decking on the shelves.