The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) help control scene integrity with regard to any police supervisors on scene and reminds supervisors that the crime scene is a dangerous place and forces them to reconsider if they truly need to enter.
Assessing the scene in the first step taken in the processing methodology and a continuous step.
The six basic activities the crime scene technician engages in at the scene are:
When setting up crime scene teams, the two basic approaches to team composition are by area or by function.
The five basic patterns used to search a crime scene include all the following, except:
Multiple Choice. During initial observations, the crime scene technician accomplishes an initial scan of the scene, this includes:
Prior to placing a corpse in a body bag, some of the documentation efforts the technician should consider are all the following, except:
Any description of an item located in a crime scene should include all the following, except:
The primary concern of scene assessment by the crime scene technician is to assess a variety of technical and logistical aspects of the scene, which will ultimately define the needed resources and the action taken by the crime scene team.
Personal Protective Equipment includes eye protection, inhalation protection, liquid contact protection.
The line search is very effective for searching over open and rough terrain.
Prior to entering a structure damaged by fire or explosion, it is appropriate to seek counsel from the fire department or a structural engineer.
The order or sequence in which processing is completed has no impact on the resulting investigation.
The statement “The call you got isn’t the call you get” simply means that the initial information provided to the police is often incorrect.
The six basic processes accomplished during crime scene processing include the following, except:
When encountering an item during a search phase, the technician may have to go back to detail his or her observations, document the item in photographs, map the items location and add the item to the sketch.
The inner most perimeter which defines the true crime scene is the only perimeter that must have an entry control log
There are generally three debriefings that occur during a crime scene processing. The first is the initial debriefing by the first responding officer to the crime scene team.
A first recheck is a visual search, in which items are not moved or altered.
The concept of “going back” in the processing methodology means: