Anayzin Evidence In Crime Scene Investigation

Crime scene investigation is one of the most media glorified activities that a police officer will ever partake in. Many people may think they know all there is to know about crime scene investigation. From a media stand point, a detective is called and brought on to the newly produced crime scene and immediately goes to work on collecting evidence. It even goes as far as to glorify detectives, such as “Sherlock Holmes”, and their “magical ability” to analyze something as universal as a shoe marking and to be able to know exactly who committed the crime within a few seconds, following with an explosive and dramatic arrest by the said detective. But this is almost never the case, and it’s time that the world really knows what it’s like to search crime scenes, to collect and preserve evidence, and ultimately who does the majority of the crime scene work. Typically when a crime has first been committed the first person to arrive to the crime scene, otherwise known as the first responder, is almost always going to be one of the on duty police officers in the jurisdiction that the crime was committed. Many people don’t know this, but a majority of the basic evidence collection is done by the first responder, typically a police officer (NFSTC 1). The duty of the first responder is to begin by logging dispatch information, …show more content…
For many investigators, evidence that is considered “probative” for collection and evaluation is: biological (blood, body fluids, hair), latent print (finger and foot prints), footwear, tire tracks, trace evidence (fibers/soil), digital (cell phone records or internet logs), tools, drugs, and firearms (NFSTC 1). The kind of evidence that the investigator collects will always depends on the type of crime that has been committed. Investigators also have common tasks that are performed in a certain order so that the evidence can be preserved as best as possible. The order is as