Al’s Findings…From Deep in the Trash

I really didn’t have to dig too deep to uncover this one.

We have all been there. Sealing evidence with evidence tape. If using Lynn Peavey’s Zipr-Weld, it is especially tacky, fragile and aggressive…which it’s supposed to. If it wasn’t, what’s the point, right? I was talking once to a crime scene tech in Colorado who uses this technique. We all know crime scene officers are supposed to wear gloves, right? To avoid questions of contamination, etc. Use the black, nitrile, textured gloves instead of the latex ones. They offer the same protection, but it makes it so much easier to handle adhesive tapes.

I tried it myself. Compared the difference between ordinary latex gloves and the black nitrile. Night and day difference.

Evidently, simply the texture of the gloves makes it almost twice as likely NOT to tangle yourself up in a huge ball of wasted tape.

This crime scene tidbit was provided by one of our Regional Marketing & Sales Consultants, Alan Price, well-known criminal justice educator and past CSI. You can “bark at him” at alprice370@msn.com or 303-710-1547.