Homicide Scene
This is the most important scene for a police officer or investigator to respond to.
What is the Homicide Scene?
This is the major principal that should guide the first officer on the scene.
What is the protection of life (victim, suspect and officer)?
This is the first officer's three responsibilities to a preliminary homicide investigation.
What is preserve life, arrest the suspect and protect the scene?
This is the most critical phase of a homicide investigation and deserves special attention.
What is the preliminary phase of the investigation?
All suspects should be given these constitutional rights prior to questioning.
What is Miranda Rights?
This is required by patrol officers in a effort to protect evidence before it's destroyed, altered or lost,
What is the Rapid Response?
This is the only evidence collected by the patrol officer at the homicide scene.
What is eyewitness or testimonial evidence (spontaneous utterance by suspect)?
This is what all death investigations should be treated as.
What is a homicide investigation?
These are the duties of the homicide investigator.
What is Observe, Describe and Record (notes, photos, video, sketches, statements, etc.)?
This expert is responsible for the post mortem examination of a homicide victim.
Who is the Medical Examiner?
This is where the investigation of the homicide starts.
What is the point of origin where the body was found?
This is the only reason the first officer will remove a weapon from the crime scene.
What is to protect himself, others and prohibit its use by others?
This is when the officer should take a suspect into custody.
What is when based on observation, information or probable cause developed at the scene?
These two individuals should only be allowed at the initial crime scene with the exception of the first officer.
Who is the homicide investigator and the detective supervisor?
This expert determines the cause of death.
Who is the Forensic Pathologists?
This principal refers to the theoretical exchange between two objects that has had contact with one another.
What is Locard's Principal?
This should never be done when patrol officers are transporting suspects from the crime scene.
What is interrogate the suspect?
This person is usually authorized to release information to the media regarding the homicide investigation.
What is the Public Information Officer or the lead investigator?
These individuals have the authority to exclude anyone from the crime scene.
Who is the homicide investigator and the detective supervisor?
This mental capacity defense is based on observations of the suspect from the time of arrest to arraignment.
What is a diminished-capacity defense?
This is one of the most important factors to consider in a death investigation.
What is Victimology?
This statement should be obtained by the officer from the victim before he dies if possible.
What is a Dying Declaration?
This is when the body at a crime scene should be moved.
What is until all other investigative processes have been completed and the medical examiner has completed the on scene examination?
This does not preclude crime scene contamination.
What is Rank?
Crime scene photograph are crucial because of these factors.
What is they are a permanent piece of evidence that can be present in court to prove or disprove facts in question?