Crime Scene Assignment

Module : Chemical / Physical Forensics
Assignment : The Organisation and Management of a Crime Scene
Student : Marc Seccombe 10696644

Part One

Produce a report that describe for this crime scene, how you would,
* Preserve and prevent contamination.
* Search and record the crime scene including listing and storing the evidence.
(1500 to 2000 words)

Crime scene 27c Leek Road.

The First Officer Attending (FOA) the scene will have carried out an initial assessment of

the crime scene and following procedure will have called for assistance and dealt with

any emergencies and made a record of his assessment and actions , making note of the

time his arrival time, were any points of entry open or closed, locked or

unlocked,
Photographs should give both a wide overview of the scene and close

ups of any potential evidence or items of interest in situ. A sketch of the scene should be

contemporaneous and show a wider overview of the scene including dimensions, plotting

the position of evidence found before removal and the locations from where and angle of

photographs taken. Sketches can provide a useful overview providing a greater width and

depth of field of view and show the important features without the distraction of

unnecessary detail as within the photographic record (Jackson R, Jackson J 2011 ).

Notes taken at the scene should include who reported the incident, time and date,

location, nature of incident, the events that took place, the roles and locations of the

people concerned and any change that may have occurred to the scene between the

event and the the arrival of the FOA.

Accurate logs must be made of the identities of all people who have been at the scene and

at what times they were there from the time of arrival of the FOA to the completion
Also a thorough and complete description of the scene as it was found prior to the removal

of items deemed to be of evidential worth.

Having first processed the exterior for evidential clues such as point of entry or footprints

or tool markings the Scene of Crime Officer can proceed to processing the inside ,in this

case a Zone search pattern should be deployed dividing the room into quadrants.

Once each quadrant has been searched and evidence to be removed photographed, the

evidence can be removed .(Pepper I, 2005)

The principals of packaging evidence are to ensure appropriate storage of a piece of

evidence and to ensure no contamination or loss occurs whilst collecting the sample or in

storage and the continuity of the evidence from crime scene to lab to court.

There are many different types of packaging available including polythene evidence bags

with labels and tamper proof seals. Brown paper sacks are used for clothing or soil

samples where use of polythene might cause the sample to decay .Boxes are used