Definitions
The documentation of every person who has handled a piece of evidence from crime scene to court
What is chain of custody?
Tools used for evidence collection (2+)
What are tweezers, gloves, evidence bags, small containers/envelopes, etc. used for?
A wide range of physical objects, considered corroborative and can indirectly can infer a particular conclusion about the crime.
What can be defined as physical evidence?
Evidence collection used for packaging weapons
What are cardboard boxes?
Provides both real-time and after-the fact surveillance and information for investigations, can be utilized in public spaces/private facilities/industrial settings.
What is Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)?
When an individual enters or remains on a property after being asked to leave
What is trespassing?
Types of evidence (3+)
What are trace, ballistics, documents, impressions, electronic/digital examples of?
Equipment for collecting trace evidence (2+)
What are flashlights, studio lights, portable light sources, and vacuums used for?
Evidence container best for collecting liquid evidence such as urine or blood
What are glass vials/jars?
Classify each of the following
1.When an employee takes property, commits fraud, or steals money
2. Shoplifting, return fraud, and robbery
What is the difference between internal and external fraud?
Classify as a trip, slip, or fall in the correct order: 1:When the flooring does not provide traction with a shoe
2: someone loses their center of balance
3: when your feet/legs come in contact with another object and thwart weight and momentum of you body makes you fall
1: slip
2: fall
3: trip
Requirements of a chain of custody log (2+)
What are item identification, collector information, date and time, transfer details, condition notes?
Ideal for storing non-biological samples that could otherwise evaporate
What are metal containers used for?
Best for collecting biological evidence
What are paper bags used for?
A chosen behavior that involves violation of company policy or the law
What is employee misconduct?
A material of a known source that was supposedly was uncontaminated during the crime, for example a section that does not have blood on it from an otherwise blood soaked carpet.
What is a control/blank sample?
List all four search walk-through methods
What are lane/strip, grid, zone, spiral methods used for?
Evidence collection storage that may destroy biological or natural clothing materials.
What is plastic storage?
Equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries/illnesses
What is PPE?
What can property damage, graffiti, messes, stains, etc. lead to?
What can you receive a vandalism report for?