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Crime Scene
Department of Criminal Justice, Purdue University
CJ370 Crime Scene Investigation II
The responsibility of the first officer on the scene is to preserve the scene. The officer
must ensure that he is able to identify or determine if there are any suspects and victims at the
scene. Any physical evidence is to be preserved to prevent any destruction. Nothing at the crime
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scene must be touched, moved, or altered until crime scene technicians arrive at the scene to
properly analyze the scene.
It is important that officers do not eat, drink or use the restroom at the crime scene. It is
important to take notes of what has been observed. Crime Scenes can be easily contaminated,
and officers must avoid leaving their own DNA. Officers must ensure that no one who is not
authorized is to enter the scene. Responders must remain calm and vigilant and pay detailed
attention to detail.
There are no rank that matters when it comes to the first officer on the scene. Any first
responder must remain the same and assume the responsibility of protecting the scene. Officers
must be aware that every and any contact may leave a trace. Officers must be very detail oriented
and annotate anything that they may see or encounter to prevent any loss of information that can
be valuable later.
Officers should limit the access of the crime scene by taping the incident area and not
allowing unnecessary personnel to enter the crime scene. Always notate the original conditions
of the crime scene, record every evidence before it has to be moved, package the evidence
properly and keep in mind of what may be an evidence. Avoid touching anything that is not
necessary and always ask questions to an expert if in doubt of anything.
The basic process of processing a crime scene is to make sure that the scene is safe. Once
seeing that the scene is safe, it is important to focus on focal points and proceed with extreme
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