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Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- what's the most critical
component? Correct Answer The first officer on scene can
make or break the scene preservation and/or subsequent
prosecution
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- how should
photographs be taken at the scene? Correct Answer -
Wide
-Medium
-Close-up
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- if a show-up is
necessary, how long should it last? Correct Answer No
more than 20 minutes
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- what does a criminal
investigation involve? (Process) Correct Answer -collect all
information and evidence
-identify the responsibilities of the first responding officer
-know when to render aid to a crime victim
,Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- Objectives Correct
Answer -bagging hands preserves gun shot residue and
trace evidence for sexual assault cases
-know how and when to secure a crime scene
-know that there is not a "homicide scene exception"
-describe what tangible evidence is
-demonstrate how to recover and process fingerprints from
crime scenes
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- Objectives Correct
Answer -Understand what crime scene contamination is
-describe how forensic experts use DNA & fingerprinting to
solve crimes
-demonstrate how to package evidence, & know not to
delete any photographs and why
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- Objectives Correct
Answer -Understand the importance of victimology and
major crimes such as homicide
-know that 20 minutes is preferred amount of time for a
show-up
-know the importance of documentation
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- Top 10 Mistakes at
Death Scenes Correct Answer -Improper Response &
Arrival
-Failure to Protect the Crime Scene
-Not Handling Suspicious Deaths & Homicides
-Responding with a Preconceived Notion
-Failure to Take Sufficient Photographs
, -Failing to Manage the Crime Scene Process
-Failure to Evaluate Victimology
-Failure to Properly Conduct Area Canvas
-Failure to Work Together as a Team, and Command &
Administrative Staff Interference
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- what should you do
after rendering aid to the victim(s) Correct Answer
Conduct a basic interview of victim and suspect: who,
what, when, where, why, and how ?
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- G.S.R. Correct Answer
Gun Shot Residue
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- Legal Consideration
Correct Answer There is no "homicide scene exception" to
the 4th amendment. Any extended search of a homicide
scene, without consent or exigent circumstances, requires
a Search Warrant... aka: Mincey v. Arizona & Thompson
v. Louisiana
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- Rigor Mortis Correct
Answer Process when the muscles of the body stiffen
repeated to a chemical change occurring within the
muscles after death
Patrol Response to Crime Scenes- Postmortem Lividity
(Livor Mortis) Correct Answer Pooling or settling of blood
within the blood vessels from the effect of gravity after
death, purplish color which can give the general idea of