LECTURE 10: Common Investigation Oversights

Question 1

lack of material documentation of the case under investigation.

Answer 1

Incomplete Case Folder

Question 2

police personnel are not knowledgeable about crime scene preservation and basic investigation.

Answer 2

No Template for the Conduct of Investigation

Question 3

the SOCO, investigators, prosecutors and other concerned agencies work separately and independently in the conduct of their investigation.

Answer 3

Inadequacy of Coordination

Question 4

Lpertains to absence of police investigator during trial to act as prosecutor’s witness due to retirement and transfer of concerned investigator.

Answer 4

Failure to prosecute

Question 5

non-observance of proper documentation in the turn-over of evidence from one officer to another or one office to another.

Answer 5

Chain of Custody

Question 6

police investigators take for granted the electronic devices such as cell phones, computers and other electronic devices can be processed to give investigative leads.

Answer 6

Less Appreciation of Electronic Evidence