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Initial response Flashcards

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What is the primary function of the initial Police responders?

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  • Attending the scene at an early stage
  • Taking control of the situation
  • Co-ordinating tasks
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Examples of some incidents notified to Police that are not initially identifiable as a homicide:

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  • Missing person
  • Sudden death of infant
  • Unexplained death
  • Hit and run
  • Suicide
  • Fatal fire
  • Drug related deaths
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Explain VAWSEEPO

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Victim - Identify and locate

Appreciation - Initial appreciation of incident

Witnesses - Locate and contain witnesses

Scene - Preserve

Exhibits - Note evidence and preserve

Elements - Consider whether ingredients have been established

Powers - Identify what powers are available

Offenders - Identify and apprehend

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Basic Principles underpinning all serious crime investigations:

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  1. Appreciation Process
  2. Preserve Life
  3. Preserve Scene
  4. Identify and Apprehend Suspects
  5. Secure Evidence
  6. Identify Victim
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Key benefits for applying an appreciation technique

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  • Informs all Police of what they are expected to achieve
  • Increases the chances of success
  • Manages risk
  • Eliminates duplication
  • Ensures nothing is overlooked
  • Effective use of resources
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To conduct an appreciation what steps do you follow?

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Aim - Demonstrates a single objective

Factors - Any circumstance or fact that could have an effect

Courses Open - List of all ways the outcome could be achieved

Plan - Proposed course of action

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What information should you obtain from the informant?

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  • Identity and location of suspect
  • First hand account
  • Location of scene
  • Circumstances
  • Identity of victim
  • Full contact details
  • Demeanour
  • Relationship to victim
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Ways to reduce risk of evidence being lost or contaminated if there is a delay in Police getting there

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Ask informant to:

  • Return to the proximity of scene and guard it
  • Not to enter boundaries of scene
  • Not to touch or move anything
  • To prevent others from entering
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Top priorities at a crime scene

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  • The safety of attending Police members
  • Establish the physical condition of the victim
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3 categories of victims physical condition:

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  • Alive and uninjured
  • Alive but injured
  • Shows no signs of life
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Initial action to preserve a scene:

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  1. Identify (assessment, powers, path)
  2. Secure (exercise power, secure, remove)
  3. Preserve (best path, record)
  4. Consider (Photos, persons)
  5. Record (Crime scene log, sketch)
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What is the purpose of a ‘Crime scene log’?

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  • No unauthorised entry into the scene
  • Integrity of evidence or potential evidence is secured
  • Intel opportunities
  • Contamination issues managed
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List some of the duties of a scene guard:

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  • Secure scene
  • Record details
  • Control movements
  • Brief others
  • Brief replacement
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What information should be obtained from a witness during ‘initial questioning’?

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  • What happened
  • Where did it happen
  • When did it happen
  • What the witness touched
  • Who else was present
  • Descriptions
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What actions can you take to immediately preserve forensic evidence that could be on a witness

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  • DNA swabs of any areas of the witness that the suspect may have touched
  • DNA swabs for blood or stains on witness
  • Forensic medical exam
  • Seizure of clothing or items the suspect may have touched
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How would you obtain key material from witnesses while at a scene? 8 steps

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  1. Obtain full details
  2. Assemble them in clear area with officer
  3. Isolate from each other if possible
  4. Scoping interview
  5. Establish whether anyone has left the area
  6. Check if the witnesses have made any phone calls
  7. Record registration numbers of nearby vehicles
  8. Seize CCTV
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What information should the O/C in charge of the incident pass onto the O/C investigation?

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  • What has occurred
  • What action has been taken
  • What has not been done
  • What needs to be done
18
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Why is the initial action of first responding Police so important to the investigation?

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Critical effect on the investigation and on potential for capturing evidence.

19
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What are the steps to take when the victim is alive but injured? (11 steps)

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  1. Obtain status
  2. Seize clothing
  3. Establish ID
  4. Obtain pre-transfused blood sample
  5. Seize discarded bandages
  6. Arrange firearm residue sample
  7. Note and photograph injuries
  8. Arrange DNA swabs
  9. Obtain details of anyone who visits
  10. Conduct scoping interview with victim
  11. Prelim interview ambulance/hospital staff
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What steps to take when victim shows no signs of life: (12 steps)

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  1. Consider calling ambulance, note original body position
  2. Remain with body for CIB
  3. Arrange Dr to pronounce death
  4. Treat victim as a scene
  5. Leave clothes on body
  6. Scoping interview medical staff
  7. Ascertain if victim spoke to anyone before death
  8. Record body position, injury and clothing
  9. Record everything involving scene
  10. Record all exhibits
  11. Sketch a plan, position and exhibits
  12. Provide info to O/C
21
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What is the definition of an Appreciation in relation to initial action at a crime scene?

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An appreciation is a proven method of problem solving.

Steps to ensure the optimum course of action is decided upon.

22
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What details needed to be recorded by the scene guard for every person authorised to enter the scene?

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  • name and designation
  • authority to enter the scene
  • purpose of the visit
  • time and entry and time of exit

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