Report Writing/Photographs/Sketching/Measurements Flashcards
report components
Cover Sheet
Introduction
Incident Overview
Preliminary Scene Survey
Scene Documentation
Evidence Collection
Evidence Documentation
Victim Removal
Final Scene Documentation
Autopsy Examination
Latent Fingerprint Processing
Laboratory Submittal
Conclusion
introduction of initial phase
Day of week
Date
Time contacted
By whom contacted
Time arrived
Location of scene
Authority to search
Case agent
Temperature
incident overview of initial phase
Name of the person briefing you on the incident
Elements of what occurred, identifying the victim(s) and his/her actions, the suspects and his/her actions, the witness and his/her actions
preliminary scene survey of initial phase
Description of the _location____________- which direction did scene face, type of dwelling (color, number of floors, brick vs. siding, etc.)
__Neighborhood_______________ and surroundings- what’s to the north, south, east, and west of scene (sidewalks, driveway, roads, trees, etc.)
Conditions (exterior lighting, vehicles description with direction vehicle faced, doors/windows description and condition, etc.)
preliminary scene survey continued
Description of rooms
Furnishings (North wall **, south wall **)
Windows, closets, doors, flooring, interior lighting
Brief description of obvious evidence
ex. gun in kitchen, knife in living room, etc.
__Victim_ description, position, direction, clothing, obvious wounds/livor/rigor/etc.
scene documentation of initial phase
Note taking
Overall photographs
(Videotaping)
Initiation of rough sketch
evidence collection of collection phase
-Brief description of all items being collected (notes)
-Midrange and close-up photographs with and without a scale of each item
-Measure each item and place on sketch
evidence documentation of collection phase
Detailed description of each item collected with item number designation and dimensions of item in list bulleted format
victim removal documentation
Time/Date funeral home or OCME Investigator arrived
Funeral Home/ OCME name
Were hands bagged
Was a primer residue kit completed? Item # designation
Time/Date victim was placed in a body bag and sealed
Time/Date funeral home or OCME Investigator _cleared
final scene documentation of final phase
____overall measurements of scene
Latent fingerprint processing on scene with results
Trajectory analysis, bloodstain analysis, shoeprint processing, etc.
Final scene _walk through__/ “fresh eyes”
Time and date scene was _cleared__
autopsy
-Date
-Time arrived
-Medical Examiner’s case #
-Performing physician
-Body documentation: photos, notes, sketch,
injury_ documentation
-Detailed description of all items received form OCME with item number designation (including color, defects, patterns, dimensions, etc. / clothing, DNA card, fingernail clippings, etc.)
-Time cleared
latent fingerprint processing
-Date processed
-Item # and description of each item processed
-Processing _technique_used
-Results of processing
-Submission to fingerprint unit
Request for Laboratory Examination (RFLE)
Date __submitted_
Section of analysis
__Exam__ requested
Item number and description of each item submitted
Department of Forensic Science _Lab #
Conclusion example
All other items of evidence have been transported to the Evidence Section for storage on 5/15/03.
Nothing further has been requested at this time.
TOT Detective J.E. Moore.
Copy to Detective. J. E. Moore.
