Should Be Able
to Perform

Upon completion of the course, the attendees should be able to evaluate, process and collect various types of physical evidence from crime scenes. These objectives include:

• Describe evidence technician crime scene responsibilities
• Identify various types of physical evidence and crime lab capabilities
• Explain and demonstrate methods used to search and measure crime scenes
• Describe and explain proper scene and evidence photography
• Demonstrate various camera setting changes for proper exposure
• Identify types of trace evidence and describe proper collection methods
• Demonstrate processing and recovery methods for two and three dimensional footwear and tire evidence
• Demonstrate techniques for fingerprint evidence processing and recovery