Urbana Police Division receives Walmart grant
From left are Sgt. Shawn Schmidt, Carson Sanders of Walmart, Chief Matt Lingrell and Sgt. Todd Pratt.
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Carson Sanders of Walmart watches as Sgt. Todd Pratt develops latent prints from a confiscated firearm using the enclosed Forensic Ductless Workstation purchased with a Walmart Local Community Grant.
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The Urbana Police Division received a Walmart Local Community Grant in the amount of $4,500 to purchase an enclosed Forensic Ductless Workstation for criminal investigations. The unit makes evidence testing safer for officers.
The Air Clean Ductless 600 Workstation protects officers operating the system from toxic vapors, fumes, powders, particulates and smoke, as they process or test evidence. Officers will use this system while they are searching for and developing latent prints from items of evidence; to conduct presumptive tests on evidence containing blood or other bodily fluids; and to conduct