The Need to Follow Established Laws and Protocols When Searching a Crime Scene

The Need to Follow Established Laws and Protocols When Searching a Crime Scene
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The Need to Follow Established Laws and Protocols When Searching a Crime Scene
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Laws are implemented to enhance order in society. Without them, it would be challenging to achieve various objectives, such as searching and collecting relevant materials from the crime scene. Crime scene investigators are required to adhere to set procedures so that they can gather samples that would help them analyze what happened throughout the investigation. If laws are not followed, collected evidence can be damaged, for instance, during transit to a forensic laboratory, resulting in misleading conclusions. When it comes to solving crime, it is good to pay attention to every detail gathered at the scene since it might be the one to complete the puzzle and close the case. Moreover, these regulations protect investigators and highlight the duties and responsibilities of different forensic specialists. When the evidence is collected, it is taken to the right place for analysis, and a report is generated to aid law enforcers in events reconstruction. The primary aim of this paper is to determine the importance of following established laws and protocols when searching a crime scene.
The primary role of police officers is to maintain law and order in society. Detectives achieve this objective by investigating and preventing crimes. Crime investigations must be done fairly, efficiently, and effectively. Police officers have the responsibility to ensure the safety of all citizens without discrimination. For detectives to deliver an efficient and effective crime scene investigation, they need to have a well-documented and structured operational procedure. In other words, all crime scene investigations must be done according to the established law. The protocol or regulations governing crime investigations ought to be compliant with human rights and reflect the best practices. That way, evidence on the crime scene cannot be tampered with leading to adverse consequences. Laws are crucial since they allow police officers to gather all the information they want from the crime scene and use it in their investigation to understand what happened and probably arrest criminals. The purpose of this paper is to explain the need to adhere to established laws and protocols when searching a crime scene.
The set protocol in collecting samples at a crime scene should be followed to avoid tampering with crucial evidence that might lead to the arrest of the perpetrator. In most cases, a crime scene has a variety of physical evidence that can be collected and which can be valuable to the ongoing investigation. Although police officers are supposed to prevent crime, in some instances, crimes happen without their knowledge, and all they are left with is a crime scene. At that juncture, they are required to gather physical evidence to investigate the crime and arrest those involved in it. Some of the samples that help detectives during such investigations are biological evidence, such as hair, body fluids, blood, saliva, and other tissues (James, Nordby, & Bell, 2014). ...