Crime Scene Investigation Standards - It's up to you
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Release Date: 07/06/2020
Scene Assessments are Critical
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Should Coroner and MDI's Carry Guns?
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Using Approved Evidence Containers
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Implications of Time of Death Rulings
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Implications in Manner of Death Ruling
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Obtaining Positive Identification
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Avoid These Scene Mistakes
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Due to the very nature of sudden and/or violent deaths, many things can and do go wrong in the first few hours after discovery. Death scenes have a way of bringing together many individuals with various responsibilities and experiences. This unique group can consist of uniformed officers, detectives, crime scene investigators, forensic experts, coroner investigators, medical examiner investigators, as well as prosecutors and police administrative staff. These scenes may also have fire and EMS staff or other agencies trying to do their jobs, not to mention families...
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Training Focus: Autoerotic v. Suicide Scene Features
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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Training Focus: Evidence
Coroner Talk Death Investigation Training
Midweek training episodes are short-focused training to help you become a better investigator and human. These short tips are a production of the Coroner Talk podcast and the Death Investigation Training Academy. Training tips are given each week by an Academy instructor or industry peer.
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There's a right way to be a Coroner; and then there is the other.
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https://coronertalk.com/theres-a-right-way-to-be-a-coroner-and-then-there-is-the-otherThere has always been a discussion on removing coroners and rebuilding it with a medical examiner system. However, that is rarely done because it just does not work like some would hope. It is important to keep in mind the reason for these discussions usually stems from a coroner not doing their job and, in some way, negative attention gets paid to the situation or office. As a rule, in the United States, there are two types of Coroners and Coroner offices. One is the correct way,...
info_outlineCrime scene investigation is an indispensable part of our work, which will have a direct impact on the success of the criminal investigation. With technological progress and changes in social situations, scene investigation work is facing unprecedented challenges.
The standardization of the crime scene investigation should be the goal of all police agencies. Therefore, promoting the standardization of the crime scene investigation is necessary.
As a criminal justice system, the crime scene investigation also has the basic rules and characteristics of the system. So the system can be applied in the field of the standardization of the crime scene investigation. Scientific investigation means applying the knowledge, methods and technology which is caused by the development of science and technology to the criminal investigation.
Crime scene investigation is the work conducted on the physical evidence at the scene. An investigation is a traditional method, in addition to which, many other measures can be used in the crime scene investigation. Scene investigation needs to integrate the use of a variety of scientific and technical means to detect, collect, and store the evidence, which is the most concentrated expression of scientific investigation.
Obstacles of Standardizing Crime Scene Investigations
The biggest obstacle to standardizing crime scene investigations is funding. Many organizations and government committees are working on this issue of standardization and a lot of great ideas and methods are being adapted.
However, with standards in place, funding will have to made available for proper, ongoing training. Many, if not most, police agencies will agree with the fundamental fact that a set of standards are needed, but they will also quickly say that budgets restrict the resources of time and money to set in place and train for these standards
Why Standardizing Crime Scene Investigations is important
We have all seen the issues when working with other agencies during an investigation or a new detective is hired into the department from another area. It becomes hard to work together for a while until both parties learn the other's way of doing things, neither may be right or wrong, but different.
This costs time, money, and can stall an investigation. Another primary reason for Standardizing Crime Scene Investigations is that these standards will equip investigators with the latest in technology and methods which will clear cases faster, and prosecutions will be more successful.
In the United States, there are over 21,500 police departments with 20 or fewer officers. These officers do the best they can with what they have, but many lack training and standardized approaches to criminal investigations.
Everett Baxter Jr. has an Associate Degree in Applied Science – EMS and a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry. He has over 23 combined years in law enforcement. He is currently assigned to the Crime Scene Unit of the Oklahoma City Police Department. Mr. Baxter was previously employed with the Norman Police Department where he worked in the EMS and Patrol Divisions. Mr. Baxter has presented numerous lectures and seminars at conferences, educational groups, and various civic groups. Mr. Baxter has been court qualified as an Expert in Crime Scene Investigations, Crime Scene Reconstruction, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Shooting Scene Reconstruction, and 3D Sketches in both District Court and Federal Court. Mr. Baxter has written papers on the Effects of Cleaning Products on Bloodstains (co-authored), Alternate Light Source. Mr. Baxter has written the books the Complete Crime Scene Investigation Handbook and the Complete Crime Scene Investigation Workbook.
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