Roles

Question 1

What is an SIO?

Answer 1

Senior Investigating Officer

Question 2

What is a CSI?

Answer 2

Crime Scene Investigator

Question 3

What is a CSM?

Answer 3

Crime Scene Manager

Question 4

What is an FOA?

Answer 4

First Officer Attending

Question 5

What is an IO?

Answer 5

Investigating Officer

Question 6

What is a CSC?

Answer 6

Crime Scene Co-ordinator

Question 7

What is a SSC?

Answer 7

Scientific Support Co-ordinator

Question 8

What is a CO?

Answer 8

Cordon Officer

Question 9

What are the OBJECTIVES of the police?

Answer 9

1. Preservation of life
2. Safety in general
3. Preservation of evidence and intelligence.
4. Minimum contamination.
5. Maximum potential to detect crime.

Question 10

What consists of GOOD SCENE MANAGEMENT?

Answer 10

• contamination risks =low
• Health and safety
• Max potential of evidence is recovered
• Closure and Handover

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Question 11

What does PIP stand for?

Answer 11

This is the Professionalising Investigation Program

Question 12

what is the PIP?

Answer 12

This is a program to ensure staff are trained skilled and accredited to conduct the highest quality of investigations.

Question 13

Explain the duties of a Senior Investigating Officer…

Answer 13

they direct crimes that fall into the ‘major’ crime category

they have to VISIT THE SCENE.

they have t make sure that the scene is SECURE.

ASSESSMENTS have to be made.

any WITNESSES must be spoken to.

they have to carry out a H&S ASSESSMENT.

they have to make sure that the MEDIA is dealt with.

Question 14

Give in order, rankings in the police force?

Answer 14

Chief Constable

Super-intendants

Chief Inspector

Inspector

Sargeants

Constables

Support Officers

Question 15

What should a CSM do?

Answer 15

They act as a liason between SOCO at the scene and the SIO and other experts. They should attend AL meetings.

Question 16

What is an Exhibits Officer?

Answer 16

They are responsible to ensure and maintain integrity and continuity of each item of evidence from the moment that it is recovered throughout it’s life until it is presented in court and serves no more evidential value. .

Question 17

What is a CSC?

Answer 17

They act as an additional advisor to the SIO and provide links between all of the dfferent scenes and their CSM and ensures all evidence is dealt with efficiently and effectively.

Question 18

How many cordons are there, and what are they called?

Answer 18

The inner cordon and outer cordon

Question 19

Who is allowed in the inner cordon?

Answer 19

CSI
CSM
Forensic Pathologist

Question 20

Who is allowed in the outer cordon?

Answer 20

CSI
CSM
Forensic Pathologist

CSC
IO
FOA
Coroner
Coroner's Officer
SIO

Question 21

What does SOCO stand for?

Answer 21

Scenes of Crime Officer

Question 22

What is the role of a SOCO?

Answer 22

This is an officer that gathers evidence or the police.

Also referred to as CSI’s or forensic scene investigators.

Very experienced senior SOCO takes the role of a crime scene co-ordinator.

Question 23

who does the CSM liase with ?

Answer 23

SOCO

Question 24

Does a SOCO investigate crimes and analyse them themselves?

Answer 24

NO

Question 25

What does integrity mean?

Answer 25

This describes the method used to describe the protection of the evidence from damage or alteration.

Question 26

What does continuity mean?

Answer 26

This describes the handling of the item at all stages subsequent to identification.