Evidence & Identification
The Evidence/Identification Department provides evidentiary, storage management, and identification support and services to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department, the Kenosha Police Department and other criminal justice agencies. The department also provides identification support and services to the District Attorney’s office and various other attorneys.
The staff of the Evidence/Identification Department is responsible for:
- Providing a secure environment to store evidence while ensuring chain of custody.
- Evidence intake to include inspecting the packaging of evidence ensuring compliance with evidence submission guidelines, storing evidence in specific locations within the evidence room, and documenting that location in the records management system.
- Providing a secure method of transporting evidence to and from the Milwaukee State Crime Lab.
- Completing research needed to dispose of or release evidence.
- Providing professional testimony in court as it pertains to the above duties.
- Releasing evidence to law enforcement, the District Attorney, defense attorneys and to the public upon receipt of an approval from the originating agency.
In addition to evidence functions, Identification Technicians are responsible for:
- Taking court-ordered fingerprints.
- Completing fingerprints for Probation and Parole Registrations
- Completing employment-related fingerprints for Law Enforcement, Nursing, Teacher and USPS Applicants
- Completing fingerprints for Foster Care Applicants
- Collecting DNA samples as ordered
- Booking of all juveniles arrested
- Reviewing all applicant and criminal bookings completed by the Kenosha County Jail staff and KJS staff for accuracy and compliance with state mandates and submitting fingerprints via LiveScan.
- Process open records and discovery requests in coordination with the Kenosha Police Department, Kenosha Sherif's Department, District Attorney’s office, and City Attorney’s office.