R.I. Law Enforcement Officer Handbook

Question 1

What’s the first thing you do upon arrival at a crime scene

Answer 1

Deal with any emergency situations

Question 2

What should you do if the suspect is still at the scene

Answer 2

Removed as quickly as possible

Question 3

What types of death must be investigated by medical examiner

Answer 3

Any death by external causes ie homicide-suicide

Any suspicious death

Death from an injury falling illness

Sudden death unexpected death where the person was apparently in good health

Any death unattended by a physician

A prison death
Death from contagious disease

Question 4

What are the two exceptions to medical examiner responding to a death

Answer 4

The death is from natural causes or the death is a result of a highway accident

However in those cases medical examiner must still be notified in view the body at a later time

Question 5

When do you begin the preliminary investigation

Answer 5

After emergency situations have been managed in the crime scene has been secured

Question 6

Duties during preliminary investigation

Answer 6

1 interviewing victims witnesses and suspects
2 conducting a neighborhood canvass
3 measuring photographing videotaping and sketching the scene
4 searching for evidence
5 identifying collecting examining and processing physical evidence
6 recording all statements in observations