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Approaching a Scene and the Taking of Notes Scenes of Crime Report Forms

Approaching a Scene and the Taking of Notes Scenes of Crime Report Forms. Helen Pepper. Aims.

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Approaching a Scene and the Taking of Notes Scenes of Crime Report Forms

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  1. Approaching a Scene andthe Taking of NotesScenes of Crime Report Forms Helen Pepper

  2. Aims The aim of the session is to provide you with the knowledge and understanding as to how to approach a scene, why scenes of crime report forms are completed and how this impacts on the rules of disclosure.

  3. Approaching a scene • Least likely route taking by the offender Common approach path for everyone • Visual examination Do I need to prioritise recovery?

  4. Photography • Recording not creative • Tell a story • Quarter areas • First sample: HP1: Book of five photographs (1) Entrance to 5 Prospect Place (2) So on

  5. Forensic • Logical sequence, work in to main focus • Each sample (Five point plan) Recover Package Seal Label Write scene notes • Each sample has separate number HP2: Footwear lift from windowsill

  6. Fingerprints • Logical examination • Each fingerprint lift is exhibited separately: HP3: Lift of marks from base of ashtray • Include a diagram in your notes

  7. Scenes of Crime Report Form • Your notes made at the time of the examination They should: • Identify the recovered item describing exactly their original location • Correspond with other documentation • Act as intelligence for the investigation • Act as a point of referencing when writing your statement or appearing in court • May be used to record continuity of items

  8. Scenes of Crime report forms • 43 Police forces • 43 different scenes of crime report forms

  9. Notes should be: • Accurate • Meaningful • Comprehensive • Relevant • Factual • Dated • Alterations/mistakes should be crossed out, not obliterated, initialled and dated

  10. Disclosure • Criminal Procedure and Investigation Act (1996) • Retain • Record • Reveal Examples: Scenes of Crime Reports, Pocket books 999 tapes

  11. UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE CRIME SCENE EXAMINATION FORM Offence Type: Crime Scene Examiner: Division:Investigating Officer: Date examined: Crime Ref. No. Time: Start: Finish: Examination of : At (Location): Location of offence : Weather: Name of Injured Party (if known): Burglary H.M. Pepper MI PC 235 Jones 07/01/02 11.45am TS/14/134 13.05 Terr.House 29 Ruby RoadMiddlesbrough Fine and dry

  12. MO: Three bedroomed house onto pavement. Enclosed rear yard. All windows secure except rear kitchen top hung casement window. Colour Neg Numbers: Black & White Neg Numbers: Footwear marks Details of Examination Identifying found Y/N Mark Photographs showing: (1) Exterior of kitchen window (2) Interior of kitchen window HP 1 Tool mark Y/N Type: Fibre lift from edge of the top hung casement window - kitchen HP 2 DNA recovered: Y/N Fingerprint Y/N Examination Marks found Y/N HP 3 Swab of apparent blood staining (x1) and controls (x2) from right hand side of inner edge of the kitchen window frame Number: Elimination Prints taken Y/N Glove marks Y/N Type: (Circle) Fabric Industrial Leather Marigold Other: Helen Pepper 22/10/2014 Signed Date UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE Front sheet

  13. FORM Continuation Sheet No: Crime Ref. No. Location of examination: Details of Examination Identifying Mark 1cm from wall TS/02/134 One 29 Ruby Road, Middlesbrough HP 7 Lift of marks from inside left hand side kitchen window frame. View inside kitchen window HP 7 22cm 1.5m Signature

  14. Additional notes: • Plans or sketches • Signed • Dated • Original attached to your notes.

  15. CJA (Criminal Justice Act) Labels • A completed CJA label must be attached to exhibits • Often the labels are printed on the packaging used • If not printed on, a label must be securely attached to the packaging

  16. CJA labels • The front of the label gives details of the exhibit • Details recorded must correspond exactly with other documentation (such as scene notes, PNB and statements)

  17. CJA labels • The back of the label provides the official record of the chain of continuity for the exhibit from its initial seizure to its eventual disposal.

  18. Approaching a Scene andthe Taking of NotesScenes of Crime Report Forms Helen Pepper

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