Approach The Scene

The first step to a crime scene investigation is to approach the scene. A crime scene investigator is called to the crime either through radio or phone. When the crime scene investigator does make its way to the scene there are many other things happening there. Through the radio a dispatcher will say a brief message on what is going on and what the incident was that happened in the current scene area. They try to keep this as private as they can by avoiding any draw-on-lookers (as we call them noisy people) and media who may be watching or monitoring the area. The first thing a crime scene investigator does when he approaches the scene is ask many questions on what is going on, what happened, where are the victims, and who was involved. While he is asking these questions he will be making a mental note in his mind of what he sees, hears and smells. He will later on record it. Some questions you might ask yourself when approaching a crime scene is "Does anything look out of place?" or "How did the victim where he was?" many questions come to mind to try to piece together the puzzle.