Title: Identify the investigating officer’s tasks when working on criminal cases.
Course: Criminal Justice I (15051-I) > Section: Investigating a Crime Scene

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 (e.g., fingerprint processing and identification, 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 crimes, such as rape, homicide, robbery, burglary, and abduction?
- What information can an officer obtain from observing the scene of a crime?
- What are the consequences of returning a suspect to a crime scene?