Public Safety
Real Lab Storage Solutions for Real Crime Lab Work
Walk into most crime labs, and you’ll find instruments, reagents, case files, and PPE all competing for the same bench space. Add years of accumulated inventory, and suddenly your analysts are losing valuable time searching while clutter starts dictating how your lab operates.
We’re not here to reinvent how your lab runs. We’re here to translate that work into a system that supports it, one built for point-of-use access, clear separation of materials, and room to reconfigure as your lab evolves.
- Design for Analysis, Not Inventory: Storage should follow how your team works, from receiving through documentation, not just hold what’s piled up over the years.
- Give Precision Room to Work: Crowded benches and misplaced accessories create friction in work that depends on focus, not distraction, to get done right.
- One Lab, Many Disciplines: Firearms, toxicology, trace evidence, latent prints: they all work differently, so storage should flex to match, not force one setup.
- More Room, Same Footprint: Most labs can’t just add square footage. We help you recover bench space and fit more into what you already have.
- Build for What’s Next: Caseloads grow, technology changes, disciplines expand. Your lab storage system should be ready for the lab five years from now.
New instruments. Growing caseloads. Disciplines that keep expanding. Our Public Safety Storage 101 eBook breaks down the lab storage solutions that keep up with all of it.
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Lab storage systems: Real-world examples.
A Lab Storage System Built Around the Way Crime Labs Work.
A crime lab moves evidence through a lot of hands and a lot of steps: receiving, preparation, analysis, documentation, review, and return. Each stage puts different demands on storage, and every discipline works differently on top of that. We build systems around areas where labs consistently run into friction.
Select an application:
Lab Workstations & Processing Areas
The work doesn’t happen at a shelf; it happens at the bench. Your lab furniture should move with the analysis, supporting your workflow instead of competing with it for space.
Modular Casework
Modular lab casework combines cabinets, drawers, counters, and open storage around how your analysts move through a task, with configurations that change with the work.
Stainless Steel Cabinets
When a lab workstation needs to stand up to constant cleaning and harsh chemicals, our SEFA-8-certified stainless steel cabinets hold up without wearing down.
Heavy-Duty Workstations
Some prep work needs more than a counter; it needs a surface built for the job. Heavy-duty lab workstations bring chemical-resistant, ESD-safe surfaces to the bench.
Static Shelving
Everyday supplies don’t need a built-in system, just a visible one. Static lab shelving keeps references and supplies within reach, without the cost or complexity of a fully custom setup.
Instruments & Lab Equipment Storage
Firearms examiners, toxicologists, and trace analysts don’t use the same instruments the same way. What stays constant is keeping equipment close to the work and ready for what arrives next.
Stainless Steel Cabinets
Different disciplines bring different chemicals and cleaning demands. Stainless steel cabinets stand up to all of it, keeping instruments protected exactly where they’re used.
Modular Casework
Every discipline sets up its bench differently. Modular casework builds storage into that setup, keeping instruments at the point of use instead of across the room.
High-Density Mobile Shelving
Instrument inventories don’t stay the same size for long. High-density mobile shelving gives calibration gear and accessories room to grow without touching your bench space.
Static Shelving
New instruments and expanding disciplines outgrow the original plan fast. FreeSpan 4-post shelving keeps larger equipment open and accessible, with room to go mobile later.
Reference & Comparison Collections
A crime lab’s reference collection is really a library: fibers, glass, paint, known samples, photographs, all catalogued so an analyst can pull up an exact match on demand. The challenge here is to stay organized as that collection grows into thousands of tiny items that all need to stay exactly where they’re filed.
Modular Drawer Cabinets
Drawers are built exactly for this kind of work: dense, compartmentalized storage that keeps every fiber sample, paint chip, or ammunition reference in its own labeled spot.
High-Density Mobile Shelving
A reference collection that started small rarely stays that way. High-density mobile lab shelving lets the collection keep growing without needing more space.
Static Shelving
Labeled boxes, binders, and specimen trays don’t need to disappear into a drawer. Open, FreeSpan 4-post shelving keeps them easy to manage and just as easy to see.
Cabinets
Some parts of a reference collection are better behind a door, like delicate samples that shouldn’t be exposed to light, dust, or constant handling. Cabinets give those samples a contained, protected home.
Trace Evidence & Lab Sample Storage
A single case can generate slides, vials, packets, envelopes, containers, tools, and accessories. None of it is big enough on its own to seem like a problem until nobody can find the one vial they actually need.
Modular Drawer Cabinets
Vials, slides, and packets are easy to lose track of when they’re not contained individually. Modular drawer cabinets give each one its own labeled compartment instead.
Modular Casework
Trace work happens right at the microscope, and storage should be right there too. Modular casework builds point-of-use storage around prep areas and analyst stations.
Stainless Steel Cabinets
Trace analysis comes with demanding cleaning routines. Stainless steel cabinets hold up to that level of scrubbing, keeping small items protected without wearing down.
Static Shelving
Not every container needs a drawer or locked door. Static shelving handles labeled bins, trays, and everyday supplies, giving trace work a simple, economical option.
Reagents, Supplies, & PPE
Reagents, PPE, and everyday supplies don’t move through a lab at the same pace. Gloves and swabs get grabbed constantly, while reserve inventory can sit for weeks. A lab this active needs more than one kind of lab storage solution to keep it all moving.
Static Shelving
Gloves, swabs, packaging, evidence bags: these supplies get grabbed constantly. Static shelving keeps everyday items in reach without adding extra steps.
High-Density Mobile Shelving
Reserve inventory and bulk stock don’t need to sit in the middle of the lab. High-density mobile shelving can reclaim roughly half the floor space bulk storage would take up, without moving anything off-site.
Stainless Steel Cabinets
Reagents that need chemical resistance or intensive cleaning don’t belong on an open shelf. Stainless steel cabinets are built to laboratory-grade standards, holding up no matter how often they get scrubbed down.
Modular Casework
Some supplies need to be closer than the other side of the room. Modular casework builds storage directly into the workstation, so analysts never have to step away to grab what they need.
Personal Storage Lockers
Not all PPE is shared. Coats, respirators, and discipline-specific gear that belong to one analyst need a dedicated, configurable spot of their own.
Casework Records & Documentation
Case packets, procedure manuals, quality records: a lab generates almost as much paperwork as it does results. Whether those records get pulled every week or just sit until it’s time for an audit, they all need to be as easy to find as they were to file.
High-Density Mobile Shelving
Records & documents don’t stop accumulating. High-density mobile shelving gives that growth somewhere to go, keeping years of records organized without slowly eating into the room.
Static Shelving
Binders and records your team pulls every week don’t need to be tucked away. Static shelving keeps active documentation visible and easy to grab, without adding a search to the process.
Rotary File Cabinets
Labs holding a real volume of paper files need something more compact than a wall of drawers. Rotary file cabinets pack dense, quick-access filing into a fraction of the footprint.
Cabinets
Restricted documents and controlled materials need more than an open shelf. Cabinets give them a locked, contained home, so access stays limited to the people who need it.
Design Resources
Review our selection of quality brochures.
- Public Safety Overview Brochure Public Safety Overview Brochure
- How to Plan for a Joint Public Safety Facility How to Plan for a Joint Public Safety Facility
- Personal Storage Locker Brochure Personal Storage Locker Brochure
- A Guide for Space Optimization A Guide for Space Optimization
- Modular Drawer Cabinets Brochure Modular Drawer Cabinets Brochure
- Rotary File Cabinets Brochure Rotary File Cabinets Brochure
- 4-Post and Case Type Shelving Brochure 4-Post and Case Type Shelving Brochure
- High-Density Mobile Storage Brochure High-Density Mobile Storage Brochure
