NCAPE:
North Carolina Association for Property and Evidence is an association of peers joined together to develop and implement standards, to educate various stakeholder in the evidence process on the importance of professional evidence technicians, and to facilitate training to increase the knowledge and skills of those handling evidence in North Carolina.

Message from NCAPE President:
Welcome to the association! I am proud to be a part of this fledgling association and hope that it will continue to grow for years to come. In the past there have been very few laws or changes directly pertaining to property and evidence matters in North Carolina. Recently, there has been some new laws enacted that directly affect evidence such as the Preservation of DNA Evidence. There has been a lot of confusion over how these laws work and how we as evidence handlers are supposed to manage them. We are the entrusted keepers of evidence and property that may not only be used to convict someone; but may also exonerate an innocent person and we should have input into these matters. It is my hope that this association will be able to gather information about property and evidence, train on how laws and procedures are intended to work, formulate at least minimum standards that are specific to North Carolina and are within everyone’s capabilities and eventually recommend changes or additions to laws and procedures. This is our chance to have some future input or voice into evidence matters so let’s take advantage of it and build a strong association.
Tim Culp, Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office