D.C. to build high-tech police evidence warehouse in SE

The District announced that it will build a state-of-the art police evidence warehouse at a site on the grounds of St. Elizabeths Hospital, citing inadequate security and an antiquated intake system at the crumbing facility in Southeast Washington.

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said maintaining evidence was critical to the District’s ability to fight crime. The old white-bricked facility in Anacostia housed millions of pieces of evidence and still used a paper-based system.