Title: Identify the investigating officer’s tasks when working on criminal cases.
Course: Criminal Justice II (15051-II) > Section: Exploring Policing

Identification should include

- officer safety
- medical attention for the injured
- crime scene safety, security, and other priorities
- crime scene notes and sketches
- crime scene processing (fingerprint processing and identification as well as collecting other types of forensic evidence)
- interviews of witnesses and potential suspects
- search for different types of physical evidence
- collection and preservation of evidence.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What factors should be considered when investigating different kinds of crime, such as rape, homicide, robbery, burglary, and abduction?
- What types of information can an officer obtain from observing the scene of a crime?