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Physical evidence found at bank robberies can provide crucial clues for investigators. A note used in a robbery and fingerprints, footprints, tire marks, bullets, tools, and glass fragments left at the scene must all be carefully collected and preserved to identify the robber. Proper collection involves placing each type of evidence in separate containers to avoid contamination, with the order of collection beginning with fragile or easily lost materials. Thorough witness interviews are also important to obtain accurate descriptions of the robber and details of the crime.

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Physical evidence found at bank robberies can provide crucial clues for investigators. A note used in a robbery and fingerprints, footprints, tire marks, bullets, tools, and glass fragments left at the scene must all be carefully collected and preserved to identify the robber. Proper collection involves placing each type of evidence in separate containers to avoid contamination, with the order of collection beginning with fragile or easily lost materials. Thorough witness interviews are also important to obtain accurate descriptions of the robber and details of the crime.

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Physical evidence at bank robbery

• A note the robber used during the hold up


would be a critical piece of evidence.

• Many bank robberies are executed by the


robber casually entering the bank and handing
a note to the teller demanding the money.
Physical evidence at bank robbery
The list of the physical evidences that are to be
found at the scene of bank robbery
• Finger prints
• Foot prints
• Tire marks
• Tool marks
• Bullets
• Weapons
• Glass pieces
• Fingerprints
 (Door, doorknobs, firearms)
 Cyanoacrylate method or light sources
 Cardboard boxes and paper envelops

• Shoeprints
 Floor, mud
 Adhesive lifters
 Paper envelops
• Tool marks
 Portion or section of object
 Sealed and labeled container

• Tire marks
 By lifting
 Casting
• Firearms/ weapons
 Gloved hands
 Paper bags, envelops or box

• Bullets
 Separately wrapped
 Pillboxes or envelops

• Cartridge case
 Separately wrapped
 Pillboxes or envelops
• Glass
 Tweezers
 container or a box, with a lid
 Sealed and labeled the container
• One of the key elements is to interview the witnesses, who
may have observed essential details of robbers
• In a robbery investigation the interviews are conducted at a
scene of crime
• The interviews may take considerable amount of time,
depending upon the number of witnesses at the crime
• Prior to investigation, it is important to separate the
witnesses
• Physical description, weapons characteristics, the method
in which the robber conducted the robbery and words that
the robber used are all important.
Collection and preservation
• physical evidence must be preserved, inspected and tested
using methods that maintain the evidence and make it available
to all interested parties. If evidence is altered or destroyed,
making it useless or inadmissible, such evidence is deemed
"spoliated."
• It is crucial that physical evidence, whatever its nature, is not
contaminated by handling. Packaging methods vary according
to the nature of the evidence
• One individual designated as evidence collector
• Temporary, fragile, or easily lost evidence should be collected
first
• Evidence placed in primary and secondary containers
 Anonymous Letters (bank robbery notes)
Retain all original documents, place in transparent letter envelope. Do not
handle with bare hands
 Bullets
 Wrap recovered bullets in paper and seal in separate labeled pill boxes or
envelopes.
 Weapons/ firearms
 Record serial number, make, model, and caliber of the weapon, and mark it
in some inconspicuous manner that does not detract from its value before
sending it to the Laboratory.
 Place weapons in strong cardboard or wooden boxes, well packed, to
prevent shifting of guns in transit.
 Tool marks
 Pack the object containing tool marks so that no alteration or damage will
occur
 Glass pieces
• Place small glass fragments in paper bindles, then in coin envelopes,
pill boxes, or film cans which can be marked and completely sealed.
• Place large glass fragments in boxes. Separate individual pieces with
cotton or tissue to prevent breakage, seal and mark the box
containing them.
 Impression
• Whenever possible, the entire object which has the impression
should be submitted to the laboratory. Positive identification of the
source of the evidence is more likely when the original impression
can be examined. The evidence has to be packaged in a manner
which protects the impression from contact with any other surface.
• Paint

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