Police Chief Brian Kyes speaks with Kathy Curran from WCVB-TV for her story on police department evidence rooms.

From the story:

CHELSEA, Mass. — Each envelope and box inside the Chelsea Police Department’s evidence room tells a story and contains the keys to justice in criminal cases.

Thousands of boxes neatly stacked from floor to ceiling contain evidence that could put dangerous criminals behind bars and set the wrongly accused free.

“It’s everything. The integrity of evidence goes towards the integrity of the police department. So I think there has to be that constant check and balance,” Chelsea police Chief Brian Kyes told 5 Investigates’ Kathy Curran.

From WHDH:

On Urban Update this Sunday: The very important and hot button issue of law enforcement in America.

With police officers now becoming very real targets for violence, the relationship between local police and the communities they serve has become paramount.

On the show this week, four very high ranking officers of the law with an unedited and unfiltered platform to express their unique perspectives on this unprecedented time in our nation’s history.

Participating with host Alberto Vasallo, III are: Boston Police Department Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross, who reports directly to the Boston Police Commissioner and is the highest-ranking police officer in the Department; Chelsea Chief of Police Brian Kyes, who is also the current President of the Massachusetts Major City Chiefs Association; Everett Chief of Police Steven A. Mazzie, who has one hundred sworn police officers and twelve civilian support staffs under him and MBTA Transit Police Chief Kenneth Green, a man entrusted with protecting the very diverse riding public on the oldest transit system in the country – that cuts through virtually every neighborhood of the city and beyond…

On the air Sunday, August 28th at 11:30 a.m. on Channel 7 WHDH.