pistol cannot be determined to be cocked or not), the safety may be put “on” by the supervising officer, who must make note of that fact. If the firearm’s hammer is back, it may be lowered but note must be made of that fact.
b.
Any officer receiving a weapon or instrument from another person or obtaining it otherwise shall note its serial number if readily visible without removing the weapon from its holster or otherwise compromising physical evidence.
c.
Otherwise, weapons and instruments will not be disturbed in any way. They shall not be handled by anyone other than the supervising officer and that officer shall handle them minimally to preserve the exact state of the weapon or instrument when received.
6.
The collected weapons or instruments shall be transferred to the Crime Scene Investigative Unit upon their arrival, along with information required under Utah State Code and in accordance with proper evidence handling procedures.
7.
If the supervising officer at the scene was himself an Actor or a Victim in the incident, the responsibility for security and/or collection of weapons and instruments shall rest with an un-involved supervisor or the next-in-line un-involved officer at the scene.
8.
Twelve rounds of the same type(s) of ammunition fired will be collected by criminal investigators from each shooting officer (or from the department armorer, if the officer has insufficient similar rounds remaining).
9.
Firearms which do not need to be retained in evidence, as determined by the criminal investigators, will be returned to the designated representative of the Employer Agency promptly