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Don’t forget to Register for the Conference coming up in 2014!! The Property Times Helping Improve the Industry Since 1997 Bullet Discharges in Downtown Court- house Evidence Room An accidental bullet discharge Friday morning in the evidence room in the basement at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center has injured a county deputy. The incident occurred about 11:20 a.m. at 1201 Franklin. Authorities said a deputy was handling an evidence bag when she dropped it on the floor. A bullet in the bag was somehow discharged, injuring the deputy. Her injury is not serious, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. PLEASE be careful when you are handling weapons and ammunition Allen PD received a $500 grant at the 2013 as evidence. It only takes one mistake for a tragedy to happen! conference to purchase a storage cabinet for flammable items in their property room. 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Plus, a inventory County Sheriff’s Department has been evidence function, which is a job I truly who are your Board of Directors and misdemeanor felony. search can’t be used as a pretext for a clearly ORIGINALLYUt lobore PUBLISHED feuipsu scilisi BY EFF bla -consequam named the Property Room Person of the love. Officers. Without their hard work all year investigatory search, which this certainly ELECTRONICalit ip et FRONTIERip et wisit velFOUNDATION ute ea facillan ON Year by the Texas Association of Property long all of the accomplishments made The trial court suppressed the evidence was. APRILvelit, 2, 2013 quisl BY incipsum HANNI FAKHOURY vulla feugait, conse & Evidence Inventory Technicians. At first I was a little anxious about starting wouldn’t happen. And I know I speak for taken from the phone, finding the officer ver inciliquipit alismolent atie miniat a new job with all the unknowns that come all of the Board when I say that we don’t had plenty of time and opportunity to Trying to pigeonhole the search of a cell nim zzrit eugait, commy nonulputem The award came during their Annual with it. But it’s working out and I’m finding do what we do for ourselves, but do it for obtain a search warrant and no exigent phone into legal precedent addressing velit la faci tat nit ullum acidunt atie Conference in Austin on Wednesday. out my anxieties were unfounded. We can you, our members. After all, the members circumstance justified the search. The state something quite different only highlights modionulla facin ulpute dolutpat. Luscil Jordan worked several years at the all benefit from facing, and overcoming, are the most important part of TAPEIT. Stay appealed to the Texas Court of Appeals, the need to have the law account for ulla feuiscinibh el ipis nullum zzril. Jasper Police Department, and among new challenges. Don’t look at them as an Safe! arguing that Granville had no expectation technological changes. As Professor Orin Utpat, sustrud modit wis dolorpe those in attendance at the event to see insurmountable obstacle, but rather as a Paul Szendrey ([email protected]) of privacy in the contents of his cell phone Kerr observed recently, “thanks to changing rcillaor iriurero dolor adipsum nulla her win the award was Jasper Police chance to grow and learn. 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