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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Police Department Property Room Auction - F f <.: a y�.. VE L ae h�W PIONEFR PRESS PHOTOS BY CRAIG BORCK Officer Ron Gjorvad is in charge of the property room at the Eagan Police Department. He modernized the room a few years ago, throwing out hand-written logs and installing a computerized system. Eagan police (?�cej:s collect a lot of stuff in tl:eir l it x e lvurk—"Yonl e 0 it cyi ince; some of it stolen.property. On Saturday, ' police will clean out their storage room and put some of that stifff on the auction block. LL h' AMY SHERMAN STAFF WRITER There is a place in Eagan that has everything from a ceramic frog and elf to a marijuana bong made out of an orange traffic core. Welcome to the police department's property room. Any- thing that is evidence for a case, seized stolen goods or _ unclaimed property is stored in this room. "`"` Here you'll find 44 boxes from an embezzlement case with A ceramic elf, either one of Santa's or Snow White's, and a hand-scrawled labels like "Things From Ed's Desk," under- frog sit alongside the stereo equipment in the property room. wear, a large figurine from a Nativity scene and a lamp to grow marijuana made out of a movie poster and aluminum The property room is a seasonal place. In the fall, unwanted foil. Items such as blood and urine are stored in refrigerators. election signs are stored in the evidence garage — an annex of Of course there is the more typical fare: cases of cheap the room — until they are collected by the campaigns. Lawn beer (Busch Light has been the house specialty lately), screw- ornaments and decorations are common around the holidays. drivers and BB guns. The room feels sterile with most of the "If they make plastic replicas representing the season. we get items stored in boxes, envelopes or plastic bags with labels that say miscellaneous letterit," said Lloyd Enos, the property room technician. s,' condom" and 'bubble bath. Officer Ron Gjorvad modernized the property room a few Many items police no longer need or that have gone years ago. Out went the hand-written logs, in came a sophisti- unclaimed will be added to the pile of goodies for the city's cated computerized system. Gone are the days when officers annual auction on Saturday. Sale items include more than 120 bicycles, loads of tools and clothes. AUCTION CONTINUED ON 2D rn V til?vl 'Hif`�n Y C L_ 1■[ ■ O 4.2 {ASI bwo CA ,.•, ri �• �.-.�i'©�..:� � - s ;�' fir`' � ,�� �� � �•�-, d� � iZ. C4 to • t �, ;ET, C 40" co3 . T"1 5 ■y a c` q=� co A cd co CQ ger y��fi�MM•YX�I�} r '�'� 'a � ../"� �•i Q� �'' n5 R3 t� O to L4� �+t to 4-D•Y+{ x�c`�'�hki 3.rt�,ryz 3, 3„y�i. ti: � Yh•{/ �� � �N��.U�![ .�,�rt.��, .Mpe : i�yc >.�, z s ��ia ire.'�'�'-7.;"►� �t xr , ,✓ co 45 a- .. CLS £-t '� 4�-t cQ G CCS Q �. to war �q rAo, � �,� r i O LU O Cts ^' ' .. •�■-„ � v.54�.., as cu '� 'Qco cd + Fes. 40 4.4 Co ta 10 41 .F.' tv + � is3as,� M10 at � p �s o to _ ' v t— �- o aD �neo f 0 4",%,�: ,s� � v �•�� � `'g � �:��' � iYV � rie rrf up 1..�. �.�i`/���-�t//!��'-(�/�� /yk�• �+� � � �D*"F.1-, �� w�.?t ]{ �.y ..+ co E ' V]wF•+�� . ,-.- ... v..0 4 `;s� iw .�..+►wa ::, ery ." ■�iKr Y�. �.. co Wit • � ►+�i' �~� rl ipri V �t CCS IZ O U''W .c! C1;. y,a Cn W,O .O CLS O p d3 O, -�; Ctf cn i-1 O,si RS ' �" ti ;3 03 Q �•, {,, O >rUt�CJ,t 4.' to Po-� e y ttii ,J: fie: C "C bA to 4-i CA JW', .{.l °�- o tU 4 ca+� til t/1 �,:',�{ Q%bud «f 4.4' c c� Q,�+,�.o. +� ca o o cct o a,. .ci. tn, - 0 O w-"Cs +� to u+) Q■O I*4ZV .-+ tocLS G�S:, ctf ��..t