MODULE 2 UNIT 7

1. MODULE 2UNIT 7 Law Enforcement & Investigations

2. Unit 7 Learning Objective At the completion of this unit the student will be able to describe the expected functions of the Performance . Offensive Technician during a law enforcement investigation and how their extensive training in HAZMAT and WMD can be of great value.

3. Student Performance Objectives • Understand the importance of procedures used by law enforcement in conducting a criminal investigation, in coordinating gathering of evidence with law enforcement, sharing intelligence, and observing chain of custody in protecting crime scene evidence. • Follow departmental procedures for requesting law enforcement assistance in handling and securing suspicious packages.

4. Student Performance Objectives • Recognize the importance of coordination with other agencies on the scene in gathering evidence and intelligence. Understand the importance of development and sharing of the latest intelligence that has been gathered from the scene, including information from special operations activities. Recognize that this information should be shared with the on scene incident commander (or designee, or the leadership team under the unified command) and the senior law enforcement leadership at the scene.

5. Student Performance Objectives • Recognize the importance of coordination with other agencies on the scene in gathering evidence and intelligence. Understand the importance of development and sharing of the latest intelligence that has been gathered from the scene, including signs, symptoms, and treatment, as well as information from interviews with victims and other potentially contaminated individuals. Recognize that this information should be shared with the emergency medical manager, the on-scene incident commander (or designee, or the leadership team under the unified command), and the senior law enforcement leadership at the scene.

6. Student Performance Objectives • Know how to collect and forward intelligence regarding potential terrorist/criminal actions involving possible WMD agents or hazardous materials. Be able to coordinate the gathering of such intelligence from various sources that may be on the scene. Forward this information to the HazMat manager and the incident commander (or designee) at the scene. • Be able to work with law enforcement to gather evidence in the hot zone following scene security measures and safety procedures in coordination with the incident commander.

7. Crime Scene A crime scene is a location where an actual crime has taken place or there is a possibility that a crime has taken place.

8. Criminal Investigation Typical process whereby police are able to link an offender to the crime is through the use of investigation and finding of evidence at the scene.

9. WMD Crime Scene • Emergency responders should consider life safety as the first priority. • Every WMD crime scene is different and should be handled accordingly. • Initial response to a WMD crime scene may have very few perimeters and be difficult to define. • WMD crime scenes have the capability to cause mass casualties and extraordinary damage or vice versa, small damage and few casualties. • Initial actions taken by responders at the scene by the emergency responders are critical for the preservation of evidence. • Once the crime scene has been established, law enforcement should control ALL access to the and from the scene.

10. Recognition of Criminal Activity WMD Techs should follow departmental procedures for requesting law enforcement assistance in handling and securing suspicious packages or suspicious persons. FBI System for predicting threats

11. WMD Crime Scene Response • Assignments • Recognition • Detection • Self Protection • Scene Security • Notification • Protect the Scene

12. Scene Coordination Responders should be able to recognize the importance of coordination with other agencies on the scene in gathering evidence and intelligence.

13. Information Sharing It is important of developing and sharing of the latest intelligence that has been gathered from the scene, including signs, symptoms, and treatment, as well as information from interviews with victims and other potentially contaminated individuals.

14. Evidence Collection • Physical Evidence • RIP – Recognized, Identified, Preserved • Testimonial Evidence

15. Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence must be relevant to the case before the court before it can be admissible. In the case of writings, the authenticity of the document is one aspect of relevancy.

16. Discovery Discovery is a pretrial procedure in which one party gains information held by the other party regarding the case

17. Chain of Custody Chain if custody is the process that begins once evidence is identified. The best way to think about chain of custody is to visualize a continuous loop of links that connect together adding anyone to the loop when the evidence changes hands to another person.

18. TESTIMONY ! DO NOT RATIONALIZE ON THE STAND DURING ANY TESTIMONY. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, SAY YOU DON’T KNOW. NEVER LIE !

19. Intelligence • Recognize it as evidence • Forward the information about the intelligence to the supervisor • Supervision verifies • Supervision notifies command post • Command post forwards to joint operations center

20. DO NOT LEAVE EVIDENCE UNATTENDED!

21. WMD Prosecution All WMD crimes fall under the jurisdiction, or the territorial range of authority and control, of the Federal courts.

22. Federal Statues 18 USC 2332a: Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction 18 USC 175: Prohibitions with Respect to Biological Weapons 18 USC 229: Prohibited Activities 18 USC 831: Prohibited Transactions Involving Nuclear Materials 18 USC 876: Mailing Threatening Communications 18 USC 842: Importation, Manufacture, Distribution, and Storage Explosives

23. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection When Federal response teams arrive they will most likely use the FBI’s Twelve-Step Process of evidence collection. It is very much so recommended that the WMD Tech be familiar with this Twelve-Step Process because it is a highly regarded and tested method for the collection of evidence.

24. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 1 – Preparation Preparation for the collection of evidence begins before the incident.

25. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 2 – Approach the Scene Emergency responders must consider personal safety and be mentally prepared while approaching the scene.

26. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 3 – Secure and Protect the Scene A perimeter must be set up around, and control zones established within, the crime scene in order to have an appropriate work environment.

27. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 4 – Initiate Preliminary Survey The survey is the organizational stage for the entire search plan

28. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 5 – Evaluate Physical Evidence Possibilities The team leader will determine what types of evidence are most likely to be encountered, and ensure that the transient, volatile, or perishable evidence is collected first.

29. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 6 – Prepare Narrative Description The narrative description begins as a written document (it may be dictated) that presents the scene in general text and becomes more specific and detailed as the investigation continues.

30. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 7 – Depict Scene Photographically Photography is a planned process beginning with overall views and progressing inward t more detail, using a variety of equipment.

31. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 8 – Prepare Diagram/Sketch of Scene An entry team member usually prepares the sketches and diagrams concurrently with other activities such as photography and reconnaissance.

32. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 9 – Conduct Detailed Search The initial plan determines which items constitute evidence and how they will be collected.

33. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 10 – Record and Collect Physical Evidence When potential evidence is discovered, it is processed in a specific order from handling fragile evidence to turning the evidence over to the evidence custodian.

34. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 11 – Conduct Final Survey The final survey involves a review by all team members to discover if anything has been overlooked or if additional work is needed.

35. FBI 12 Step Evidence Collection Step 12 – Releasing the Crime Scene Releasing the scene to the property owner requires that he or she be informed of any remaining potential hazards and of his or her obligations, with the cleanup contractor, to return the site to a safe condition.

36. Unit 7 Quiz

37. Questions