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Transporting prisoners
Determine age, advise dispatch to nature of arrest, indentification of prisoner, destiantion and
starting mileage
Transporting prisoners (TRUE OR FALSE)
Handcuff and search before placing in vehicle
Diagram location of physical evidence at crime scenes
Time and date of sketch
Complaint number
Name of preper and measurer
Process a diagram of crime scene as evidence
~handles crime scene sketch as evidence~
Note date/time and location
Identified person making sketch with personal identifier (initials) and marks as evidence.
Photograph crime scene
Selects proper equipment
Photographs exact location of crime(house number/street sign)
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Photographs general exterior (perimeter)
Photographs specifics of the crime (evidence/victims)
Logs sequence of pictures taken at crime scene
Grid Search
A search method employed by two or more people overlapping separate line searches forming a
grid. This method is best used in large crime scenes such as fields or woods (outside). Several
searches, or a line of them, move alongside each other from one end to the other.
Quadrant/zone search
A search method in which the crime scene is divided into smaller sections (zones or quadrants)
and team members are assigned to search each section. Each of these sections can be divided into
smaller sections for smaller teams to search thoroughly. Best searching for a small object
Spiral Search
Carried out by a single person involves the searcher walking in a circular fashion from the outer
point of crime scence towards the central point. DO NOT START IN CENTER AS EVIDENCE
COULD BE DESTROYED
Examinbe body for evidence of unnatural death
Notify medical examiner of death
Investigate death scene for evidence of unnatural death before searching the body by considering
the length of time
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Answers)
Transporting prisoners
Determine age, advise dispatch to nature of arrest, indentification of prisoner, destiantion and
starting mileage
Transporting prisoners (TRUE OR FALSE)
Handcuff and search before placing in vehicle
Diagram location of physical evidence at crime scenes
Time and date of sketch
Complaint number
Name of preper and measurer
Process a diagram of crime scene as evidence
~handles crime scene sketch as evidence~
Note date/time and location
Identified person making sketch with personal identifier (initials) and marks as evidence.
Photograph crime scene
Selects proper equipment
Photographs exact location of crime(house number/street sign)
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Photographs general exterior (perimeter)
Photographs specifics of the crime (evidence/victims)
Logs sequence of pictures taken at crime scene
Grid Search
A search method employed by two or more people overlapping separate line searches forming a
grid. This method is best used in large crime scenes such as fields or woods (outside). Several
searches, or a line of them, move alongside each other from one end to the other.
Quadrant/zone search
A search method in which the crime scene is divided into smaller sections (zones or quadrants)
and team members are assigned to search each section. Each of these sections can be divided into
smaller sections for smaller teams to search thoroughly. Best searching for a small object
Spiral Search
Carried out by a single person involves the searcher walking in a circular fashion from the outer
point of crime scence towards the central point. DO NOT START IN CENTER AS EVIDENCE
COULD BE DESTROYED
Examinbe body for evidence of unnatural death
Notify medical examiner of death
Investigate death scene for evidence of unnatural death before searching the body by considering
the length of time
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