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Crimes vehicles can be involved in
- Violent crimes (homicide, shootings, assaults)
- Impaired driving
- Dangerous driving
- Fail to remain collisions
- Break and enters
- Robbery - car jackings
- Sexual assaults
- Drug trafficking
Types of evidence found in vehicles
- Fingerprints, DNA
- Phones, video
- Paint transfer
- Stolen property
- Weapons
- Drugs
- Trace evidence (hair, fibre, gunshot residue aka GSR)
- Tire tracks, footwear, clothing, etc.
Most stolen car in Canada
2015 Lexus GX460
,Most stolen car in Ontario
2016 Toyota 4runner
Offences related to theft from vehicle
- Theft under/over $5000
- Possession of property obtained by crime
- Possession of break-in instrument
- Mischief under/over $5000
- Tampering with VIN
Search authorities of vehicles
- Immediate area, incident to arrest
- Inventory of contents when being towed
Authority to search vehicles is given from ...
- Search warrant
- Controlled drug and substance act
- Wills consent (informed)
- Consent
Searching the area around the vehicle
- Typically done by the responding officer
- The number of keys in the possession of the registered owner is important
- The vehicles information can be entered into CIPC as a stolen vehicle
The level of examination is proportional to .....
the level of the offence committed
Three main parts of vehicle searches
,1) Preliminary
2) Exterior
3) Interior
Information to note about the vehicle
- License plate
- Make/model/year
- VIN
- Condition
- Damage
- Unique identifiers
- Registered name
- Registration and insurance details
- Contents
- Status of vehicle
(T/F) Most of the time vehicles are moved to a secure location
True
Examples of secure locations
Tow yard
Secure indoor garage/yard area
_______________ should be placed on the doors before transportation to ensure
continuity of evidence
Police seals
If the status of a vehicle is unknown, a ___________ may be required to process it
, warrant
Section 8 of the Charter of rights and freedoms
Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure
Any related damage should be ____________
documented
- Punched door locks, smashed windows
- Areas of paint transfer
- If the vehicle is suspected to have been involved in a hit and run collision,
documenting the distance the damage is from ground can be important
Photos of exterior should cover the vehicle _________________
360 degrees
Minimum number of photos for the exterior of a car
eight
- each side, four corners, front and rear
Minimum number of photos for the interior of a car
five
Following photos of the exterior ...
a general search for latent evidence should be completed
Common names of exterior of vehicle
Search technique for interior of car
Zone search
General photos of interior to be taken