CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT

References:

• Criminal Investigation Manual

• https://www.slideshare.net/SteveMbugua/crime-sce
ne-management-compiled-52804284
Definition of Terms:
• CRIME SCENE – A venue or place where the alleged
crime/incident/event has been committed.
• FIRST RESPONDERS – Are members of the police, military,
fire, medical teams, and other volunteer organizations who are
expected to be the first to respond to calls for assistance in cases of
incidents involving explosives.
• CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION – It is the collection of facts in
order to accomplish the three-fold aims – to identify the guilty party;
to locate the guilty party; and to provide evidence of his (suspect)
guilt.
Definition of Terms:
• INVESTIGATOR/OFFICER – Shall refer to any law enforcement
personnel belonging to the duly mandated law enforcement agencies
(LEA) tasked to enforce Republic Act 9208 such as officers, investigators
and agents of the Philippine National Police, National Bureau of
Investigation, Bureau of Immigration.
• SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS – Individual(s) who is/are pointed to
be by the victim(s) and witness(es) to have had committed the crime in
issue. Subject person is not considered as a criminal unless otherwise
his/her conviction is pronounced in the court.
• WITNESS - a person who testifies, especially in a court of law, to
events or facts within his own knowledge. a person who attests to the
genuineness of a document, signature, etc, by adding his own signature.
bear witness. to give written or oral testimony.
 Four (4) Components of Crime Scene
Management:

• INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

• MANPOWER MANAGEMENT

• TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

• MANAGEMENT OF LOGISTICS
1. Information Management
• With new developments in crime scene technology, investigation has
proved that crime scene contains a tremendous amount of information.
This information can often link a suspect to a crime scene, prove or
disprove an alibi, or develop investigative leads.
Information can be in oral form, written statements or documents,
or in the form of pattern evidence located or remarked absence from
scene, or pattern evidence located within the scene. The sooner
information can be recognized, collected and preserved the better the
chance that the case will be solved.
2. Manpower Management

• Manpower are the agencies responsible for the crime scene processing
and construction.
Several factors involving manpower adversely affect crime scene
management; insufficient personnel, poor training, and lack of
experience or over-worked crime scene team to deliver dedicated
qualified man-hours.
 3. Technology Management
• Change in technology mandates the continual acquisition of new and often
expensive equipment and supplies for effective crime scene processing.
- Support vehicles
- Two-way radio, cellphones, computers, internet connections, among
others
- Hand tools, forensic light sources, metals detectors, etc.
- Crime scene kits, latent print kits, trajectory accessories
- Chemical and reagents
- Night vision equipment, portable laser, radar
- Evidence packaging materials
4. Management of Logistics
• Logistics concern should be properly addressed and managed through
good planning, organization and efficient allocation of resources to
established earlier in the investigation, to wit:
- Command post
- Media Relations
CRIME SCENE SECURITY
“EVERY CONTACT LEAVES ITS TRACES”

What are we protecting the crime scene from?

1. People – onlookers, relatives, friends of the victim may destroy
valuable evidence.
2. Weather – wind and rain, particularly, can destroy evidence.
3. Animals – which may tend to scavenge or disturb a crime scene
4. Traffic – such as motor vehicles may drive over and destroy
evidence.
 CRIME SCENE SECURITY

S – AFETY; Safety procedures and emergency care

C – ORDON; Secure and control persons at the scene

E – VIDENCE COLLECTION; Document actions and observations

N – AME LOG LIST; Documentation

E – VALUATE; Perform final survey of the crime scene

 IMPORTANCE OF CRIME SCENE
SECURITY
• Securing of physical evidence

• Effecting arrest and making recovery

• Confirming existence of a crime

• Protection from further interference

• Collection of information and intelligence

• Corroborate witness statement

• Crime scene reconstruction

“It is by doubting that
we come to investigate,
and by investigating
that we recognize the
truth.” —
Peter Abelard
 THANK YOU!!!
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