Policy Text
SUNNY ISLES BEACH
POLICE DEPARTMENT
EVIDENCE PACKAGING
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GENERAL INFO
FIREARMS
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GENERAL ORDER 105
Property & Evidence
GENERAL ORDER 105.1
Submission of Evidence and Property =)
Section 1
General Information
General Information
Write Sunny Isles Beach PD in the box labeled Other Dept. Property Location and Inventory No. at the
top of the property receipt.
There is a large roll of brown paper in the property packaging room. Brown paper will be placed on the
counter when impounding property/evidence. (This allows a sterile surface to prevent any cross
contamination when packaging property/evidence.)
Backpacks shall be secured with a zip tie to prevent access to compartments. Additionally, evidence tape
shall be placed over the zip tie with the officer’s initials.
Evidence tape (red or white) shall be used on all impounded property, not just evidence.
The following types of property/evidence shall be placed on separate property receipts: guns, drugs,
currency, jewelry and safekeeping.
For cases where more than one gun is impounded, each gun needs to be listed on a separate property
receipt.
Large items, such as bicycles, shall be placed on a separate property receipt.
When property from multiple victims is recovered, each victim’s property shall be on a separate property
receipt.
When bicycles are impounded, after hours, they shall be secured to the outside of the chicken coup (sally
port). Open bicycle locks will be attached to the chicken coup for this purpose.
Ammunition shall be placed in paper evidence bags/envelopes when packaged in gun boxes with empty
magazines and a secured firearm. This preserves DNA evidence should the ammunition need to be tested
at the lab.
When impounding prisoner property, only check the Prisoner Property box on the property receipt.
When impounding found property, only check the Lost Property box on the property receipt.
When impounding a seized tag, pursuant to a seize tag order, attach a photocopy of the printout to the
original property receipt. On the property receipt, write Seized Tag in the box labeled Type of Case and
check the box for Evidence only.
All impounded firearms will be submitted with a copy of the ATF trace request form. The form can be
found in the 2022 Updated Fillable Forms folder on the Forms share drive. Once completed, email the
form to FirearmTraceRequest@ atf. gov.
All impounded evidentiary firearms and found firearms (unknown origin) will have an MDPD Lab
Request attached with the N/JBIN box checked (See sample in section #2). A lab request should not be
completed for firearms that are being held as safekeeping or prisoner property. (Revolvers do not meet
NIBIN submission guidelines.)
MIAMI-DADEMemorandum
Date: April 21, 2021
To: All Submitting Agencies
From: Stephanie Stoiloff, Commander . - LE alofForensic Services Bureau My KAM ;
Subject: Cannabis Evidence Submission Policy
On July 1, 2019, Florida Statute 893.02(3) amended the definition of cannabis and hemp is no
longer listed as a controlled substance. Florida Statute 581.217(3d) defines hemp as “the plant
Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof, and all derivatives,
extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers thereof, whether growing or not,
that has a total delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 0.3 percent on a
dry-weight basis.”
The Miami-Dade Police Department Forensic Services Bureau Analytical Section (MDPD FSB
AS) has developed a procedure for the identification of marijuana in cannabis submissions. The
procedure for the identification of marijuana provides qualitative results that identify a substance .
but not the amount/concentration of a substance. The AS does not determine the concentration of
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in plant matter, edibles, vape pens, drug paraphernalia or any
evidence.that contains suspect cannabis.
MDPD FSB AS will accept and analyze suspect cannabis from grow houses and/or submissions
near trafficking thresholds. Suspect cannabis submitted in combination with other suspect
controlled substances will also be accepted. Samples submitted for analysis should be packaged in
a paper bag(s) or cardboard box(s). The MDPD FSB AS will not accept any form of edible(s