Protecting the people doing the hardest jobs
Brief
Authored by Lynita Hinsch
Originally published in the August 2026 issue of Magnet Unlocked. Want to be the first to see new content? Sign up for our monthly newsletter, Magnet Unlocked.
Every examiner knows what chain of custody requires. Every item gets labeled and cataloged.
Images are verified. Every transfer documented. Every handoff tracked. Every step defensible .
We built an entire discipline around proving evidence can survive scrutiny in court . What doesn’t get the same rigor is anything that protects the examiner who’s there at every step .
Before anything happens, someone has to manually review the material . The evidence had a chain of custody. The examiner doesn’t.
The gap in the process
Our processes have rarely asked the question: What is the cost of repeated exposure?