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Crime Scene Processing

This document outlines the procedures for processing a crime scene, including: 1. Defining key terms and outlining the roles of a scene of crime operation team. 2. Describing the preparation, investigative procedures, documentation methods, evidence collection process, and final survey of the crime scene. 3. Explaining crime scene sketching and different types of sketches, measurements, photography, and note taking to fully document the scene. 4. Detailing evidence handling, packaging, labeling, and inventory procedures to maintain chain of custody. The goal is to properly process the crime scene to recover all potential evidence, document the scene fully, and collect evidence following best practices to aid investigation and ensure

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Crime Scene Processing

This document outlines the procedures for processing a crime scene, including: 1. Defining key terms and outlining the roles of a scene of crime operation team. 2. Describing the preparation, investigative procedures, documentation methods, evidence collection process, and final survey of the crime scene. 3. Explaining crime scene sketching and different types of sketches, measurements, photography, and note taking to fully document the scene. 4. Detailing evidence handling, packaging, labeling, and inventory procedures to maintain chain of custody. The goal is to properly process the crime scene to recover all potential evidence, document the scene fully, and collect evidence following best practices to aid investigation and ensure

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CRIME SCENE PROCESSING

CRIME SCENE PROCESSING

Order of Presentation

1. Training Objective
2. Definition of terms
3. Basic composition of the Scene of Crime
Operation (SOCO)
4. SOCO Assistance
5. Preparation
6. Investigative Procedure at the Crime Scene
ORDER OF PRESENTATION

8. Crime Scene Documentation


9. Crime Scene Search
10. Collection of Physical Evidence
11. Conduct of Final Survey
12. Release or turn-over of the crime scene
13. Transmittal of evidence to Crime
Laboratory
14. Summary
TRAINING OBJECTIVE:

1. Define the different terms used in this lesson.


2. Know and understand the role of the Scene of
Crime Operation (SOCO) at the crime scene.
3. Know the basic composition, duties and
responsibilities of the scene of crime operation.
4. Know the proper procedure on how to process
different types of crime scene, how to secure and
preserve a crime scene to ensure the integrity of
every physical evidence that can be recovered at
the crime scene.
TRAINING OBJECTIVE:

5. Know the different types of searching method and its


application to the crime scene.
6. Know the different types of crime scene sketch and its
purpose.
7. Know the different methods and procedure in
documenting a crime scene.
8. Know how to recognize, collect, package, handle and
transport different types of physical evidence applying the
lesson from the subject on Forensic Sciences.
9. Know the different examination that can be requested on
a particular evidence.
DEFINITION OF TERMS:

 Crime Scene Investigation


 Crime Scene
 Scene of Crime Operation (SOCO)
BASIC COMPOSITION OF THE SCENE OF CRIME OPERATION (SOCO)

 Team Leader
 Crime Photographer
 Crime Scene Sketcher
 Recorder
 Evidence Collector
 Evidence Custodian
 Medico-legal Officer
 Fingerprint Examiner/Technician
SOCO ASSISTANCE
Significant cases:
 Bombing Incident
 Initiated terrorist activities
 Raids, ambuscade, liquidation
 KFR case
 Armed Robbery of Banks and other
 Financial institution
 Calamity/Disaster
 Massacre
 Heinous crimes (as define by law)
 Murder, Homicide, Arson, Rape with Homicide
SENSATIONAL CASES:

 Elected Public Officials (Brgy Captain up to President of


the RP)
 Appointed Public Officials with the rank of commissioner,
secretary and undersecretary
 Foreign diplomat
 Any foreigner
 PNP/AFP personnel
 Former high-ranking government officials
 Other prominent figures such as movie stars, sports
stars, tri-media practitioners, prominent businessmen,
professionals, and prominent leaders of religious
organizations.
PREPARATION
Investigative Procedure at the Crime Scene
1. Upon arrival at the crime scene
- Coordinate
- Recording/notes taking start
- Check preservation and security of the SC
- Conduct of visual survey
- Confirm status of victim and
determination of possible evidence/
assessment
- Identification of command post and
briefing
Preparation
SUPPORT GROUP
Establish SOCO command post
(Medical Group, Technical
SOCO COMMAND POST
(Technical Grp/Working Gr

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CRIME SCENE DOCUMENTATION

3 Methods
1. Photography and or video
2. Crime Scene Sketch
3. Notes Taking
PHOTOGRAPHY AND OR VIDEO

1. From general to specific


2. Show entrance/ exit to the CS
3. Overlapping photograph
4. Close-up photograph with and without scale
5. Extreme close-up of minute evidence
CRIME SCENE SKETCH

Main Types of Crime Scene Sketch


1. Rough Sketch
2. Finished Sketch
Figure 7
Republic of the Philippines
Department of the Interior and Local Government
National Police Commission
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
____________________________

SKETCH DETAILS AND MEASUREMENT

TITLE BLOCK LEGEND:


Nature of Case:
Requesting Party:
Victim/s:
Officer on Case:
Date & Time Sketched:
Place of Incident:
Weather Condition:
Sketched by:
Witnesses: 1.
2.
Remarks:
SCALE 1:100 m
RECOMMENDED LEGEND SYMBOLS

Motor Vehicle
Skid marks/ Tire prints
Motor Cycle

Tree Utility Post

Shrubs
Fence

Camera position North Direction


N

Explosion Crater
TYPES OF CRIME SCENE SKETCH

a. Location/ Neighborhood sketch


TYPES OF CRIME SCENE SKETCH

b. Floor plan/ Bird’s


eye view sketch
TYPES OF CRIME SCENE SKETCH
c. Exploded sketch/ Cross projection sketch
TYPES OF CRIME SCENE SKETCH

d. Elevation sketch
TYPE OF MEASUREMENTS

a. Triangulation Method
TYPE OF MEASUREMENTS

b. Coordinate/ Angular method


TYPE OF MEASUREMENTS
c. Base line method
TYPE OF MEASUREMENTS

d. Compass point method

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TYPE OF MEASUREMENTS

e. Grid Method
Notes taking

 Time and date arrival at the crime scene.


 Weather condition
 Name of investigator, first responder and time of
incident or discovery of the incident.
 Status and detail description of the victim as to
body built, height, gender, age, injuries, estimated
time of death, clothing, finger nails and other
pertinent observation made.
 Status of suspect if any and their personal
circumstances.
Notes taking
 Detailed written description of the crime scene with
locations of physical evidence and other pertinent
observation noted.
 The person who discovered and collected the
physical evidence.
 How the evidence was packaged and marked.
 The disposition of the item when it was collected.
 Take note of everything that will help you in
preparing a narrative report about how you process
the crime scene.
 The time and to whom you release the crime scene
to the investigator.
CRIME SCENE SEARCH

First to be observed before the searching start:


a. Determine what type of searching patterns
is most appropriate to the crime scene.

b. Determine the number of searching team


and members of the searching team.

c. Mark/tags position of physical evidence


with designated evidence number.
Type of searching methods

a. The quadrant or zone method


TYPE OF SEARCHING METHODS

b. Strip method
TYPE OF SEARCHING METHODS

c. Grid or double strip method


TYPE OF SEARCHING METHODS

d. Spiral method
TYPE OF SEARCHING METHODS

e. Wheel method
COLLECTION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

Things to consider before the collection of physical


evidence start:
a. Determine what physical evidence to be
collected first.
b. Determine what technique can be used.
COLLECTION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
c. Mark and package all physical evidence with
complete
data.
COLLECTION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
d. Labeling and marking of evidence.
COLLECTION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
e. Inventory of evidence.

Republic of the Philippines


Department of the Interior and Local Government
National Police Commission
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
___________________
INVENTORY OF EVIDENCE COLLECTED
•SOCO Case Number:
•Time and Date of Inventory;
•Facts of the Case:
1.Nature of the Case:
2.Victim/s or Complainant:
3.Suspect/s:
4.Place of Incident:

•Evidence Collected at the Crime Scene:


1.__________________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________________

CONCURRED: PREPARED BY:


________________________________ _____________________________
Investigator-on-Case Evidence Custodian
WITNESSES:
Signature Over Printed Name Address
Conduct of Final Survey
SUMMARY
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