About Audit Bags

The Audit Evidence Exhibit Bag protects against tampering of evidence, providing law enforcement officers the integrity they deserve

The bag is made of tough impermeable plastic and has a patented tamper proof sealing system. The seal incorporates a multiple sequential closure security device.

This device provides a record of openings and a chain of evidence, enabling unauthorised entry to be detected and authorised entry to be recorded.


The following will find the Audit Evidence Exhibit Bag useful

Federal Police
Attorney General's Department
Security Services
State Police		 Medical Institutions
Legal Agencies
Financial Institutions
Testing Laboratories		 Customs
Confidential Couriers
Prisons
Remand Centres


When should I use an Audit Bag?

Whenever you are responsible for securing an exhibit or property.

Items should be placed in the bag immediately after seizure, the record completed and the bag sealed. This provides the best chain of evidence or audit trail to reduce doubt of authenticity.


What can be put in the Audit Bag?

  • Most crime scene evidence
  • Interview audio and video tapes
  • Any item taken from a member of the public
  • Money & other valuables
  • Documentary evidence (computer disks etc.)

(Living plants such as cannabis or body tissue that will decompose should not be placed directly in the bag)


How is the Audit Bag different?

Compared to similar products, Audit Bag provides the following, unique, features;

  • Patented tamper proof secure adhesive closure system
  • Unique numbering system to ensure each bag is recorded and accounted
  • Secure record writing area


How can the Audit Bag be traced?

Each bag carries a unique number which is accountable and recordable making record tracing and matching easy.


How can Audit Bag help your budget?

When you consider the costs incurred from complaints during audits, hand-overs and court challenges due to inconsistent evidence management, Audit Bag saves considerable costs by providing a track-able and reliable tamper proof sealing device.


Development

The Audit Evidence Exhibit Bag was designed in conjunction with the National Police Research Unit (NPRU) and Techsearch Inc. of SA.

The following document by Mr Des Berwick, Executive Officer of the National Police Research Unit, details the development and application of the Audit Evidence Exhibit Bag.

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