RESIDENCE/BUSINESS BURGLARY

Consider taking the following notes: 

Case number

Date/Time

Address/Location

Initial case details

Victim/Suspect info

Assigned Officer/Detective

Consider the following:

What is the appropriate PPE for this scene?

Did someone start a crime scene log?

Is the scene secure and safe?

Is evidence located inside/outside the building?

Is consent or a search warrant needed?

If available, review security footage prior to scene documentation and processing

Overall/mid-range/close-up of exterior/interior of scene

Overall/mid-range/close-up of items of evidentiary value

Intersection/street location information

Point of entry/exit

Security cameras & systems

Place photo markers at items of evidence value 

Re-take overall/ mid-range/close-up photographs of scene and items of evidentiary value with photo markers in place

Collect swabs of any apparent body fluids within the scene

Deep dive page

Deep dive pages

Collect items of evidentiary value to include any available security footage

Process the scene using the appropriate latent print processing techniques

Consider processing the following areas:

Entry/exit points to the building

Door handles/knobs

Light switches

Any other surfaces the suspect may have touched

Conduct a secondary walk through of the scene to ensure that all evidence was documented and collected and everything of evidentiary value was appropriately processed