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On Scene Forensics “If you make it easy to use, people will use it”
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1. Information page: Initial crime scene information and crime scene personnel log.
2. Impact blood pattern screen: Officer enters length and width of drops and point of convergence. Software calculates angle of impact and point of origin.
3. Transfer Stains are just described and photographed
4. Bullet Calculation screen: User enters width and length of bullet hole and the software does the rest.
5. The Victim screen allows the officer to record all the information about the victim in one place. Pop up pages provide space for additional information such as next of kin, relationship of victim to location and other persons. In the medicolegal version additional pages record the death investigator's notes and calculate the time of death.
5.a. Medicolegal Version of above Victim Page: Note five additional medicolegal pop up pages.
6. The Witness page provides forms for collecting standard witness information and also for taking a witness statement that can be printed and signed on the spot or saved to the hard drive.
7. The Suspect page is for recording information on the suspect or suspects including their relationship to the victim and scene and known addresses and contacts.
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Blood Pattern Articles by Louis L. Akin, Crime Scene Command creator. |