#evidenceroom — Public Fediverse posts

🚨 BREAKING: Minnesota officials are apparently locked out of the evidence room because someone lost the key, and the #FBI won't play nice and share their toys. Meanwhile, PBS NewsHour continues to redefine the art of #reporting by reiterating the obvious. 📺🔑
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/minnesota-officials-say-they-cant-access-evidence-after-fatal-ice-shooting-and-fbi-wont-work-jointly-on-investigation #MinnesotaNews #EvidenceRoom #Lockout #PBSNewsHour #HackerNews #ngated

Houston police in April will conduct the largest drug burn in the state's history in an effort to alleviate backlogged narcotics evidence, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2025/03/13/515955/houston-police-set-to-conduct-massive-drug-burn-following-rat-infestation-da-says/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Police #CaseBacklog #DrugAddictedRats #EvidenceRoom #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonPoliceDepartment #NarcoticsEvidence

An infestation of "drug-addicted rats" in evidence rooms will prompt the Houston Police Department to begin destroying hundreds of thousands of pounds of unneeded narcotics evidence, officials said.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/01/13/510637/infestation-of-drug-addicted-rats-prompting-purge-of-backlogged-houston-evidence-room/

#CityOfHouston #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Police #EvidenceRoom #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonForensicScienceCenter #HoustonPoliceDepartment #Narcotics #Rats