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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 the person has been dead, visual signs of violence, apperance of the body, etc.
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Search bodies for identification when death is determined to be natural
Searches body to locate identification (e.g, checks pockets, checks purse) or identifying marks
(e.g., scars, tattoos, amputations, medical alert tags) if death was natural
Inventories valuables obtained in search
Secured personal property obtained from a dead body
Conduct a Show up
Identifies possible suspects at the scene of the crime by:
-Interviewing witnesses
-reviewing evidence; or
-reviewing suspect's description
Locates the suspect by radio communications with base station or other officers or searching the
surrounding area
Determines whether it is legal to conduct a show up:
-a limited period of time has elapsed since the crime was committed;
-probably cause is absent that the suspect committed the crime; and
-to eliminate innocent victims of circumstances from suspicion.
Transports victim/witnesses to the suspect for viewing
-to eliminate a potentially innocent person from being a victim of circumstances
-to minimize the level of government intrusion
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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 the person has been dead, visual signs of violence, apperance of the body, etc.
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Search bodies for identification when death is determined to be natural
Searches body to locate identification (e.g, checks pockets, checks purse) or identifying marks
(e.g., scars, tattoos, amputations, medical alert tags) if death was natural
Inventories valuables obtained in search
Secured personal property obtained from a dead body
Conduct a Show up
Identifies possible suspects at the scene of the crime by:
-Interviewing witnesses
-reviewing evidence; or
-reviewing suspect's description
Locates the suspect by radio communications with base station or other officers or searching the
surrounding area
Determines whether it is legal to conduct a show up:
-a limited period of time has elapsed since the crime was committed;
-probably cause is absent that the suspect committed the crime; and
-to eliminate innocent victims of circumstances from suspicion.
Transports victim/witnesses to the suspect for viewing
-to eliminate a potentially innocent person from being a victim of circumstances
-to minimize the level of government intrusion
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