I forgot one important reference. There is a regulation, AR 195-5, which explains in great detail, the procedures that MUST be followed both in collecting and maintaining custody of the evidence, which insure the chain of custody is valid. You can find it here: http://www.usapa.army.mil/pdffiles/r195_5.pdf It covers collection, control, accountability, release and destruction procedures, as well as standards for evidence storage facilities, etc. An excellent resource if you want detailed, precise standards for such matters. I apologize for having to post twice, I don't know how I forgot this the first time. Sincerely, Dave B. David Baker wrote: > > Michael Deyo wrote: > > > > I am wondering if anyone could supply me with a sample Chain of Custody > > document template. I am attempting to build this document for a growing > > forensic practice, and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > Here is a standard form, used by the US Army since Christ was a > corporal. It has successfully been used in a variety of court > proceedings, and has withstood all manner of scrutiny. The form is not > really what ruins chain of custody, however, it is the person handling > evidence that either fails to properly safeguard it, or is just plain > lazy about documenting what they do. Anyway, you can look at the form > here: > > ftp://pubs.army.mil/pub/eforms/pdf/a4137.pdf > > There are plenty of places to document changes from one person to > another, and if you run out of signature places, you use a second form, > and write continuation page ___ and NOT USED in the description part, > and keep on trucking. Some of the form blocks are not necessarily > intuitive, but most are, and you can get the Army's way of filling out > the form, and what the fields are intended to be used for here: > > http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/19-20/ch12.htm#s9 > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ David W. Baker bakerdat_private Lead INFOSEC Engineer G023 - Secure Information Technology (703) 883-3658 The MITRE Corporation (703) 883-4589 (F) Mailstop W435 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd McLean, VA, 22102 ------------------------------------------------------------ "Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts... A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding..." - William Gibson, "Neuromancer" "640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 -------------------------------------------------------------
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