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Newport News Police Department
e. If the drugs are for disposal (not held for evidence), do not complete the RFLE Form.
f. Latent Print Processing [83.2.3; 83.3.2(b,c)]
1) Before submitting containers with latent prints for processing, the contents will be removed
and repackaged as drug evidence. The original container will be submitted to the P&E Unit
with a separate entry on the IBR property page and a separate P&E sheet for transfer to the
Forensic Services Unit for processing. The newly packaged drugs are then submitted as
described above.
2) Original containers containing opioids (i.e., heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogs), or
suspected opioids, will be packaged as drug evidence using plastic evidence bags, using the
proper safety precautions for these drugs. If processing for prints, the packaged container
will be submitted to the Department of Forensic Science with the completed DFS100-F100
request and will not be transferred to the Forensic Services Unit.
g. For multiple arrestees, all the suspects’ names must be listed on the evidence, field notes, and lab
sheets, indicating which evidence belongs to which suspect.
h. Once seized, all items of evidence must be kept in sole control of the employee involved until
packaged and placed into the evidence locker or turned over directly to the P&E Unit’s drug
control officer. [84.1.1(b)]
3. Property & Evidence Sheet [82.2.1(a,c)]
a. Instructions for completing P&E sheets and for packaging and submitting items as evidence are
located at the temporary P&E evidence storage lockers located at the P&E facility and remote
storage locations.
b. All items of narcotic evidence found or turned over to employees without an arrest must be
disposed of the same way as evidence with an arrest. The items must be packaged, tagged, and
turned into the temporary P&E evidence storage locker with the P&E sheet marked “Dispose.”
4. Drug Analysis
a. Officers may use the approved field test for narcotics detection. The result of this field test is
admissible as evidence in preliminary hearings in Court (see §19.2-188.1 of the Code of Virginia).
Officers will also complete a Drug Field Test Kit Checklist (NNPD Form #200M). (See: OPS-455
Narcotics Investigations) [82.2.1(b)]
b. The investigating officer shall complete the RFLE Form (DFS-100-F100), placing it with any drug
evidence to be submitted to the State Crime Laboratory. Only evidence requiring analysis should
be submitted. Large items such as scales should be dismantled and only the part with residue
submitted. [83.3.2]
1) Upon completion of analysis by the State Crime Laboratory, the submitting employee receives
a copy of the Certificate of Analysis with the examination results. [83.3.2(e)]
2) When analysis from the State Crime Laboratory was not initially requested for a case, and the
Field Test Kit results are later questioned through a court order as part of the case defense,
an RFLE Form (DFS-100-F100) shall be completed at that time.
5. Special Packaging Methods
a. Plastic safety tubes shall be used to package sharp, hazardous items. Once sealed, the tube must
be placed in a drug evidence bag and treated as any other drug evidence. The following items
require these safety tubes:
1) Razor blades.
2) Needles/syringes.
3) Glass or metal smoking stems; and/or
4) Glass items that may break and cut the bag.
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