Who Directs The Activities During The Investigation At A Crime Scene?
It is the team leader or head of the crime scene investigators that typically directs the assorted activities during the course of investigation at a particular crime scene. At times, when multiple authorities get involved, the highest ranking ones determine the course of action. What habitually happens is that the police officers who arrive at the scene which involved a death would then request a coroner or medical examiner (that is, ME). He/she would then makes a cursory assessment of the probable manner of death (for instance, strangulation), and subsequently the body has to be transported to either a funeral home or possibly the morgue. The body goes in for a post-mortem. A crime scene investigator would typically hold overall accountability for field evidence collection when it comes to major crime scenes. For more on Crime Scene Response Guidelines visit www.crime-scene-investigator.net/csi-response.html.
