examine crime scenes to collect evidence. Although SOCOs are not police officers, they are employed by police forces and work closely with the police.
Crime scene Vehicle along with all essential crime scene Investigation boxes.
Who committed the crime is usually unknown in a crime scene and has to be proven with evidence.
Crime scene investigators document and analyze information found at crime scenes.
Broadcast a flash description of the suspect
Crime Scene Investigators!!
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study the scence of the crime and list important facts about the investigation
I dont know about other states, but in Illinois you have to be a police officer for 2 years before you can become a crime scene investigator. I don't know about other states, but in Illinois you have to be a police officer for 2 years before becoming a crime scene investigator.
In Britain the acronym SOCO stands for Scene Of Crime Officer. A SOCO records and gathers evidence from a crime scene.
the FAO (first attending officer) is first on the scene when called to a crime.
The scene of a crime in the first instance is usually investigated by a constable who has responded to a call to attend the scene. His job is to take down details of the crime and statements from witnesses. It is also his job to preserve the crime scene until the Scenes of Crime Officer (SOCO) arrives to take over the investigation.
The 'lead' investigating officer/detective is in charge regardless of who is "working" the scene.
♫ Or do you mean Scenes of Crime Officer? Which is a person who specialises in forensics and gathers all the evidence from a crime scene.
Station an officer (or several if it requires) to guard the scene until the processing is completed.
who was invole and to not disturb the evidence
A'crime scene technician' and a Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) are just different terminology used for the same job. they are specialists whose duties it is to gather the evidence at the scene of the offense and preserve it in such a way as to make it usable as evidence. The 'technician' may, or may not, be a sworn officer.
Usually, but by no means always, they have available to them yellow or orange plastic "crime scene" tape which they use to encircle the boundaries of a crime scene - especially when out-of-doors. However ANYTHING can be used - rope - barricades - vehicles - etc.