Physical Evidence
What term describes the relevance of evidence in court, generally dependent of whether the evidence is relevant, whether it is obtained legally, and whether positive control (chain of custody) over the evidence has been maintained to ensure that the evidence has been protected and unaltered.
Admissability
What doctrine allows the seizure of contraband items found openly?
Plain-View Doctrine
What can result from improper packing between two pieces of evidence?
Cross contamination
What traits should an investigator start with when observing and describing a person?
General traits
What is focused on observing specific criminal or threat targets and gathering required information?
Surveillance
What is anything that helps to ascertain the truth of a matter, or gives proof of a fact in an investigation?
Evidence
What items may be seized when plainly seen?
Contraband
What may help personnel build descriptions of persons, places, events, and objects so that who or what was seen may later be identified?
Observations
What crime scenes have obvious and definite boundaries like walls, hallways, and basements?
indoor crime scenes
How many specific objectives should surveillance conducted meet to support criminal investigations?
11
What is exchanged anytime two objects or persons make contact with each other?
Physical Evidence
What may be conducted during an investigative stop for Officer safety?
Frisk
What can conversations between two people who witnessed the same event cause?
Affect the perceptions and recollections
When should a witness be interviewed after they observed an incident?
As soon as possible
What type management is an integrated part of mission planning?
Risk
What term describes evidence that has any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without evidence?
Relevant evidence
To prevent cross contamination, what percent bleach solution should be used between processing different types of evidence or evidence from different locations or persons?
10%
What do psychological, physiological, and experimental factors do to witnesses?
Influence what they see and how they retain information
What can be used when the suspect is apprehended while committing a crime or is apprehended in the general vicinity of the crime scene?
Field identification by witness
What do surveillance activities require?
Deliberate planning and coordination
What is a compelling reason to search immediately rather than wait for authorization?
Exigent circumstances
What evidence must be preserved to maintain evidentiary value?
Photographic evidence
What may cause an observer to fail to correctly interpret things he would normally comprehend?
Discomfort
What is appropriate when a witness may be able to recognize a perpetrator of a crime and the investigator suspects one or more persons of being the perp?
Lineup
What is focused on observing specific criminal or threat targets and gathering required information?
Surveillance