WHAT SCS NORTHWEST EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION PROVIDES
SCS Northwest Consulting Services, LLC has over 25 years of evidence management experience, and has worked and trained many agencies to improve their operations and standards.
SERVICES
A complete range of services to bring your agency to evidence certification with our accreditation standards compliance guidelines: Consultation – Preparing your agency's evidence property rooms and labs for accreditation certification, and guidance to correct issues regarding missing, lost or misplaced evidence. Accreditation – Evidence auditing, recording of evidence inventory and confirmation of followed standards. Training and Presentation – Instruction for the handling and inventory of Forensic, Lab and Evidence Room Evidence.
ACCREDITATION STANDARDS
Application for an Evidence Accreditation Audit. This Application will let you apply here for an Evidence Audit. – The Section of Accreditation for Professional Standards is an outline of the SCS Northwest Evidence Management Accreditation Checklist and covers storage and handling of all evidence, including lost, missing or misplaced evidence. – The Accreditation Report includes an Executive Summary, Written Review, a review of Agency Cases and Audit Guidelines.
MISSION, VISION & VALUES
Our Mission
Continue partnerships and build new ones to support criminal justice agencies in developing and verifying professional standards, procedures, and practices that preserve and protect evidence in the criminal justice system, to ensure justice for all.
Our Vision
World class education, training, and guidance to criminal justice agencies accountable for evidence collection, storage, processing, and presentation in the criminal justice system.
Our Values
With a sense of responsibility to others, we will accomplish our mission by honoring the following values:
- Honesty and Integrity – We are forthright and truthful in all our work and conversations, and we will not compromise our moral and ethical principles.
- Trust – Through our dedicated efforts and ethical conduct, we will continuously strive to earn and maintain the trust and confidence of the agencies we serve.
- Commitment – We are committed to assisting those we serve by ensuring our training and guidance is professional, efficient, and cost effective through incorporating best industry standards.
- Teamwork – We will work with agencies and individuals in evidence management as collaborative team members to benefit their organizations, their communities, and the entire criminal justice system.