Attention Crime Scene Officers Improve Your Death Scene Investigation Procedure ORDER YOUR COPY NOW Death Scene Investigation Check List By Richard J. Warrington At last! A true checklist for the crime scene officer or detective where you fill in the blanks when investigating a homicide, suicide, or any questionable death.

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Death Scene Investigation Check List Manual

The Death Scene Investigation Check List is designed to help officers better document a crime scene involving a dead body. It will help you document the facts and evidence found at the crime scene. This manual will help you properly document your case by using a well-organized checklist that encourages you to record information that might otherwise be forgotten or overlooked.

You can use this checklist several ways. Install it on your laptop so you can fill it in at the crime scene or make copies and fill in the blanks and then transfer to the computer at a later time.
 

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Michael J. Campbell, Police Identification Supervisor for the Milwaukee Police Department states that "this manual makes it almost impossible to forget something or leave something behind. If you are looking for a simple, yet comprehensive way to organize your department's efforts at a death scene, including sample forms, this IS the book."

Phillip G. McManigal, former Sheriff, Jackson County, KS remarks, "Death Scene Investigation Checklist should be standard equipment for every law enforcement officer. It is designed to drastically reduce, if not eliminate, the seemingly inevitable oversights often made by officers at the scene of a human death. As the former sheriff of a small, rural department, I highly recommend using Richard Warrington's checklist. Small departments face common problems such as lack of adequate funding to pay skilled crime scene officers or detectives. Most small departments also experience a high employee turnover rate and therefore have rookie officers responding to and taking charge of serious incidents. These officers need to have guidance and an edge that may make the ultimate difference in the final outcome of the investigation into the death of a human being. The Death Scene Investigation Check List is a small investment that may well prevent a future disaster."
 

When investigating a crime scene, every detail can be crucial, but even the best investigator can overlook a step in the crime scene documentation process. There is so much to remember that relying on memory alone can be a little risky. This death scene checklist puts the investigator's work into a format that can be easily followed to get all the facts--and have them in an organized format for court. Fill in the blanks of the checklist as you proceed through the crime scene. The Death Scene Investigation Check List was designed by Richard J. Warrington to help officers better document a crime scene involving a body (suicide to homicides), and to remind them to look for things that might otherwise be forgotten or overlooked.

This 100-page manual puts the various steps of an investigation into a comprehensive format, including a guide on how to fill out the checklist itself, line by line, as well as some recommendations. The manual includes 46 pages of forms and logs plus a computer disk for form-fill application. Designed to work with Microsoft Word 97, you can customize the forms to your department's specific applications and needs. Put this on your laptop computer and fill in the information at the scene. If you do not have a laptop computer, simply make copies of the forms and fill in the blanks then transfer the information to the computer back at your office.
 

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CONTENTS Section 1: Case Info. /Scene Security/Search Warrant Section 2: Civilians in Crime Scene Section 3: Scene Location/Assignments/Conditions Section 4: Coroner Notification/Body Removal/Body ID Section 5: Body Found in Structure Section 6: Body Found in Water Section 7: Body Found in Vehicle Section 8: Body Found in Open Area Section 9: Wounds/Weapons/Drugs/Medication Section 10: Identification & Notification of Deceased Section 11: Scene Processing Section 12: Crime Scene Release Information Section 13: Narrative Report Section 14: Death Scene Investigation CheckList Log/Forms Five of the 16 logs and forms: A. Crime Scene Entry Log B. Crime Scene Security Log C. Photographic Log D. Evidence Recovery Log E. Scene Diagram Form