In order to use evidence discovered during an inventory search, a police department must have a criteria for doing inventory searches, like written general orders of established routines.

standardized

Explanation:

standardized criteria refers to a set of procedure that already vetted and approved by a trusted establishment. This type of criteria will be used by experts to measure their work result.

The way polices search for evidence must follow a standardized criteria which created by the police department.

They require the polices to do so to ensure that the polices do not breach any ethical standard during the evidence search and do not overlook important findings for the case.

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