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Crime Scene Tech
Did you know that everywhere you go, you leave a part of you behind? Did you know that a human sheds? We humans leave behind shredded skin, hair, fingerprints and DNA. These microscopic particles are hard to see, detect and recover. Yet these same particles have great importance in the solving of many mysteries. Knowing this, Dawson County investigators and deputies take great care in the identification, security and recovery of this evidence. To better assist law enforcement efforts, your sheriff, Billy Carlisle has obtained, organized, equipped and put to work a crime scene tech and vehicle. The large van marked as the "Crime Scene Unit" is equipped with the latest equipment needed to detect, collect and preserve the evidence, crucial to the apprehension and prosecution of criminals. The crime scene tech receives the latest training in the methods of identification, recovery and preservation of evidence. Normally, the tech will be briefed by the law enforcement officers on the scene. She will be directed to evidence found. Then she will task herself to survey the scene at the same time maintaining the integrity of the scene, to find additional evidence. She will mask the location of evidence and photograph it using stills and video. She will recover the evidence and secure it in containers that will best preserve it. This can be as simple as placing it in a bag, or as delicate as vacuuming it into a sterile container. She will "dust" for prints using standard methods or advanced methods such as iodine fuming or cynoacrylic fuming. She may "cast" a print of a shoe or tire left in the ground. She will protect the evidence from damage and then arrange for its examination. Available to her is the state crime lab, which will analyze and identify the evidence or make comparisons to known information. The crime scene tech has the dirtiest job in the sheriff's office. However, when the smallest of particle concludes the guilt or innocence of a suspect, the rewards are the greatest. If your school, business or group needs help in training or is just interested, contact Major Cagle at the Dawson County Sheriff's Office for information. |
