About
Leading National/International Expert in Property and Evidence Accreditation
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.
The CEO of SCS Northwest Consulting Services, LLC has over 28 years of law enforcement experience that provides agencies with professional guidance and expertise to assist them in achieving and maintaining professional, recognized standards, while improving their operations, practices, policies and procedures.
THE BENEFITS OF SCS NORTHWEST EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES
Accreditation helps reduce the potential for lost or stolen evidence, and addresses inventory levels, predicated on quality review and internal disposition practices. Accreditation brings together criminal justice agencies and partners such as representatives of the criminal courts, prosecutors, and forensic laboratories to provide the best criminal justice possible for all.
- Accreditation provides assurances that agencies engaged in continuous review and improvement of their operation related to evidence management are recognized for meeting verifiable standards in the field of evidence management.
- Regular department and internal audits, coupled with independent agency reviews, help support and regulate criminal justice evidence unit management through improvement of agency policies, procedures, and operations.
- Organizations that participate in the accreditation process are recognized as transparent and accountable for protecting and preserving evidence so critical in criminal justice cases.
- Accreditation strengthens the collaboration of law enforcement with court systems, prosecutors, forensic labs, and medical examiner offices and the communities to whom they are accountable.
- Accreditation reduces the risk of theft and mismanagement in evidence units by keeping work excellence in the forefront, and encouraging the best efficiencies available.
Stephen Campbell, CEO
Steve Campbell served for 28 years in law enforcement, beginning in 1971 as a Police Cadet with the South Pasadena, California Police Department, and later that year with the Glendale, California Police Department, where he was assigned to the Property Room.
Steve entered the Los Angeles County Sheriffs’ Academy in March 1973 for the City of Glendale as a police officer, and served with the Glendale, California Police Department for 23 years in numerous assignments in all four divisions as a patrol officer, sergeant, and lieutenant. Steve served in the California Police Officers’ Association (CPOA), where he chaired the Use of Force and Conduct Review Subcommittees after the Rodney King incident in 1991. Steve was later selected as the Chair of the Standards and Ethics Committee for CPOA.
In 1997, Steve was hired as Chief of Police for the City of Port Hueneme, in Ventura County, California. In September 2000, he retired from law enforcement and in 2001, relocated to the Seattle area with his family.
Upon retirement, Steve was asked to facilitate between the families of those killed on board Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Alaska Airlines. The accident took 88 lives in the waters off Ventura County on January 31, 2000. Steve worked with the Families of Alaska Flight 261 for 3 years, and later wrote a book on difficult situations in air disasters among the involved parties, and guidelines to building a monument in memory of those killed in an air disaster. He continues to support the Alaska 261 family members, and promote commercial aviation safety standards to assist future air disaster victims and their families.
Steve was a charter member of the Board of Directors for the International Association for Property and Evidence, Inc. (IAPE), retiring from the board in 2019, serving as President for 3 years. For over fifteen years, Steve instructed with IAPE, presented at law enforcement conferences on property and evidence management, and performed property room audits for police agencies throughout the United States. In 2010, Steve developed the first accreditation program for law enforcement agencies, and in 2013, the SCS Northwest Consulting Services started this program for law enforcement agencies.
Steve’s baccalaureate degree is in Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco, and he completed graduate studies at the University of Southern California, UCLA Anderson Business School and the University of Virginia. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, Class 189.
EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Professional Accreditation
SCS Northwest Consulting Services, LLC is the original accreditation service specifically designed for criminal justice agencies to verify their policies, procedures, and practices are efficient and meet best industry practices. Our work is specifically designed for law enforcement agencies and forensic labs in physical and digital evidence operations and processes to meet accreditation standards.
Since 2013, SCS Northwest Consulting Services, LLC has provided professional review and guidance for police agencies and forensic laboratories in the best practices and standards to manage their evidence. This work has led to accreditation of agencies in the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates.
EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT AUDITS TO PREPARE FOR SCSNW ACCREDITATION
Preparing for Professional Audits and Accreditation
SCS Northwest Consulting Services, LLC has years of experience teaching, presenting at criminal justice training seminars, and working one-on-one with agencies in auditing their evidence rooms and labs to prepare reports on their current operations and where they stand on meeting professional standards in the industry. Steve will address issues, and guide agencies in how they can develop policies, procedures, and practices to improve their systems and operations.
