If an officer smells strong odors, should doors be opened or windows broken to relieve the odor for the criminal investigators?
• No. Officers should not ventilate a suspected methamphetamine lab unless told to do so by certified lab personnel. If directions are given to ventilate, the officer should document the time, place, by whom, and by what means he was told to do so. Documentation of all directives is of utmost importance in evacuating people when the possibility of contaminating entire neighborhoods exists.
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