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Basic Crime Scene Investigations

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This course is designed to teach new crime scene investigator in determining which processing techniques will provide the best results in obtaining evidence from scenes and items. Students will use techniques and methods to process, photograph, recover and package evidence in a manner consistent with established legal and departmental requirements.

The students will be provided a Training Manual©, visual and verbal instructions and demonstrations of proper techniques in the processing and photographing of evidence and scenes.

Students are expected to participate in class discussion, skills demonstrations and through related personal experience. They will also be able to practice the techniques learned in the processing of items for latent fingerprints and scenes. Students will complete this training with a working knowledge of current techniques and processes. Finally, they will be able to identify scenes, evidence and have sufficient training materials available for reference.

Course Description
Identification

At a crime scene, the perpetrator either leaves something at a scene or removes something already there with him. This is known as the Locards Theory of Transfer.

The purpose of a crime scene investigation is:

1. To document the scene itself by

2. To gather all pertinent evidence

3. To Process for Latent Print Evidence

4. To Attend Autopsies for the Purpose of:
• Documenting Injuries
• Documenting Findings
• Recover Evidence from the Body of a Victim
• Learn Cause and Manner Of Death

5. To Submit Evidence for Laboratory Testing

6. To Testify in Court

  Advanced Crime Scene Investigation

Day One:
Introduction to Advanced Crime Scene Investigations

Day Two:
Recording the Crime Scene through Photography

Day Three:
Collection of Latent Fingerprint Evidence
Collection & Preservation of Evidence

Day Four:
  Working the Crime Scene Effectively