Colorado POST Test 5 | Questions with Complete solution | Graded A+

CLASS: ID and collection of evidence - 10/6/2016 Blood stain pattern analysis is dependent on what it hits - TRUE Are you as a patrol officer, skilled enough to know if a latent print is of any value or not? - NO What is the legal rule that you submit the original evidence? - Best evidence rule What are the three sources of evidence? - Victim, Suspect, Crime Scene (Evidence Triangle) Who is in charge of the crime scene? - The first officer on scene until relieved What are the three cardinal rules of protecting and preserving the evidence at a crime scene? - Don't touch anything, Control Access, Document items that have been disturbed How would you find the choke and barrel length of a shotgun? - Shot Pattern Blood stain pattern analysis depends on what two things? - Surface, Plane surface exists