In court, these notes can help to describe a scene, and the evidence collected. After the general overview of things, Cpl. Schiro showed the class a step by step walkthrough of how a crime scene is processed. First the scene must be made safe. Any injured individuals must be attended to, and paramedics may be needed to administer emergency aid. After this, the scene needs to be locked dow, and secured. Additional officers may be needed, to keep people like family members, neighbors, and reporters from disrupting and contaminating a crime scene. Next, identifying suspects and any witnesses is done. These individuals may have evidence with them, or on them and not even know it. At this point notes of the event should be written down. Along with the obvious such as time and date, also making note of things like weather conditions can be useful later, and could be easily forgotten if not documented. Cpl. Schiro told us that one of the biggest challenges can be determining the size of a crime scene. The general rule is to make the scene should be made as large as possible, then things could be made smaller later if
In court, these notes can help to describe a scene, and the evidence collected. After the general overview of things, Cpl. Schiro showed the class a step by step walkthrough of how a crime scene is processed. First the scene must be made safe. Any injured individuals must be attended to, and paramedics may be needed to administer emergency aid. After this, the scene needs to be locked dow, and secured. Additional officers may be needed, to keep people like family members, neighbors, and reporters from disrupting and contaminating a crime scene. Next, identifying suspects and any witnesses is done. These individuals may have evidence with them, or on them and not even know it. At this point notes of the event should be written down. Along with the obvious such as time and date, also making note of things like weather conditions can be useful later, and could be easily forgotten if not documented. Cpl. Schiro told us that one of the biggest challenges can be determining the size of a crime scene. The general rule is to make the scene should be made as large as possible, then things could be made smaller later if