Circular Houston Police Department screener SUBJECT: REVISION OF LATENT PRINT EVIDENCE SUBMISSION PROCEDURE, 2014 NO. 14-0912-199 The Houston Forensic Science Center (HFSC) will no longer examine all latent print lift evidence tagged into the Property Division. Investigators and patrol officers submitting latent prints and requesting an analysis of latent print submissions must initiate a request through the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) located on the HPD portal. This submission process is the same procedure currently used for other types of evidence submissions. LIMS requests for latent print comparisons (LPC) must include HPD and SID or FBI numbers for all individuals to be compared, including the complainant(s) when available. Once the HFSC receives the submission and request in LIMS, the Latent Print Section of the HFSC will perform the requested analysis. Latent print evidence will not be analyzed until a request has been generated through LIMS, The latent print drop boxes currently located at patrol divisions can continue to be used by officers to submit latent print envelopes. Officers can also tag their latent print submission envelopes directly into the property room, Latent print submission envelopes will no longer be accepted at 1200 Travis, Officers submitting latent print evidence will use the following procedure in the Records Management System (RMS): * Select the Property tab in the Automated Reporting System (ARS) and select “EVD Evidence — Tagged in Property Room” under Involvement type to indicate that latent prints have been tagged. + Officers will be required to use the “Send to Property Room” funetion to complete the submission regardless of whether the latent prints were directly submitted to the Property Division or a patrol drop box was used, To verify that items were successfully tagged and sent to the Property Room, officers can review entries in the Report Control System (RCS) tab under List. Questions concerning this procedure or access to LIMS may be directed to the HFSC’s Latent Print Section at (713) 308-3050. ales’ Med. Jn, Chief of Police dew:mde:mdw Originating Party: Captain DE, Watkins ‘Major Offenders Division Forensic Liaison COP #14-50538 To BE READ AT ALL ROLL CaLLs For 5 DAYs