CRDI WEEK 4

PROTOCOL 9: PREPARATION OF REPORTS AND

FILING OF CHARGES
The Investigator-On-Case shall submit the following:
a. Spot Report within 24 hrs to NHQ;
b. Progress Report;
c. After Operation Report;
d. Final Report after the case was filed before the
prosecutor‟s office/court; and
e. Accomplishment Report.
PROTOCOL 10: PROCEDURE IN THE RELEASE
OF CRIME SCENE

a. Ensure that appropriate inventory has been made.

b. Release is accomplished only after completion of
the final survey and proper documentation of
evidence, witness/es, victim/s and suspect/s; and
PROTOCOL 10: PROCEDURE IN THE RELEASE
OF CRIME SCENE

c. If the crime scene is within a private property, the

same must be released to the lawful owner
witnessed by any barangay official. In case of
government facility, it should be released to the
administrator.
PROTOCOL PROTOCOL 11: FOLLOW-UP OF
CASE
The investigator shall conduct police operation to identify and
apprehend suspect/s based on the results of the initial investigation
conducted. follow up duty of investigator includes;

Checking the victim's background,

Obtaining mug shots.
Tracing of evidence found at the crime
scene
.
 PROTOCOL 12: PREPARATION OF CASE
INVESTIGATION PLAN (CIPLAN)

The conduct of police operation involving

sensational cases, high profile and heinous crimes
must be covered by Case Investigation Plan.
 CASE INVESTIGATION PLAN
(CIPLAN)

• Upon the creation of a SITG, a "Case Investigation Plan" must

be made to. serve as operating guidelines in the conduct of
investigation of heinous and. sensational cases. This will
include the journal of the case which pertains to. the daily
progress on what has been done and accomplished
PROTOCOL 13: ATTENDANCE TO COURT
DUTIES
The investigator-on-case and arresting officers shall
endeavor to ensure their attendance during court hearings
while COPs/Heads of Units shall supervise and ensure the
attendance of witness/es.
 PROTOCOL 14: UNIFORM OF THE
INVESTIGATOR

Prescribed uniform should be worn by

investigators when conducting
investigation so as to identify them as PNP
personnel.
 COMPOSITION OF INVESTIGATION
TEAM
1. Team Leader
2. Photographer and Photographic Log Recorder
3. Sketch Prepare
4. Evidence Recorder/Evidence Recovery personnel
5. Specialists/Artist
 1. TEAM LEADER
1. Assume control - ensure safety of personnel and security at scene.
Ensure personnel use appropriate protective equipment and follow
standard recommendations to protect them from any health hazard
which might be presented by blood or any other human body fluid.

2. Conduct initial walk-through for purposes of making a preliminary

survey, evaluating potential evidence, and preparing a narrative
description.

3. Determine search patterns, and make appropriate assignments for

team members.
 1. TEAM LEADER
4. Designate command post location and ensure exchange of
information between search and investigative personnel.

5. Coordinate with other law enforcement agencies and make

sure a cooperative spirit is maintained.

6. Ensure that sufficient supplies and equipment are available

for personnel.
 1. TEAM LEADER
7. Control access to the scene and designate an individual to log
everyone into the scene.

8. Continuously reevaluate efficiency of search during entire

course of operation.

9. Release the scene after a final survey and inventory of the

evidence has been done.
 2. PHOTOGRAPHER AND PHOTOGRAPHIC
LOG RECORDER
1. Photograph entire area before it is entered.

2. Photograph victims, crowd, and vehicles.

3. Photograph entire scene with overall, medium and close-

up coverage, using measurement scale when appropriate.

4. Photograph major evidence items before they are moved;

coordinate this effort with Sketch Preparer Evidence
Recorder, and Evidence Recovery Personnel.
 2. PHOTOGRAPHER AND PHOTOGRAPHIC
LOG RECORDER

5. Photograph all latent fingerprints and other

impression evidence before lifting and casting are
accomplished.

6. Prepare photographic log and photographic sketch.

 LATENT PRINT

• A latent print is an
impression of the friction
skin of the fingers or
palms of the hands that
has been transferred to
another surface.
 FOOTWEAR IMPRESSION MARKS

• Footwear impression marks –

the mark made by the outside
surface of the sole of a shoe
(the outsole) impression
CASTING
2. PHOTOGRAPHER AND PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG
RECORDER

6. Prepare photographic log

and photographic sketch.
 3. SKETCH PREPARER
1. Diagram immediate area of scene and orient diagram with
sketch.
2. Set forth major items of evidence on sketch.
3. Designate and label areas to be searched and advise team
leader and all other search members of nomenclature for
designated areas.
4. Obtain appropriate assistance for taking measurements and
double check measurements.
5. Ensure necessary administrative information, such as scale
disclaimer (not drawn to scale), is recorded on sketch.
 4. EVIDENCE RECORDER/CUSTODIAN
1. Have significant evidence photographed before collection.
2. Describe evidence and its location on appropriate bag or
envelope.
3. Sign and date evidence container/maintain chain of custody.
4. Appropriately collect and package evidence to maximize
evidence integrity.
 4. EVIDENCE RECORDER/CUSTODIAN

5. Maintain evidence log.

6. Use appropriate protective equipment (gloves) and methods

when dealing with potentially infective evidence (blood).
 5. SPECIALISTS/ARTIST
1

1. The competence and reliability of the specialist.

2. The ability of the specialist to work at a scene

within law enforcement guidelines.

3. The role of the specialist in presenting expert testimony in court.

 INVESTIGATION TEAM FUNCTION

 Collect data, facts and evidence.

 Establish the sequence of events leading up to the
occurrence.
 Analyze and integrate available information.
 Develop findings and conclusions.
 Determine the significance of findings.
 Write the investigation report.
 Present the report to the management or proper authority.
CRIME TRIANGLE
TOOLS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

1. Information
2. Interview and Interrogation
3. Instrumentation
TOOLS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

1. Information-knowledge communicated or received

concerning a particular fact or circumstance or The
information comprises of details and data which access
knowledge to investigator regarding the perpetrator and
victim
TOOLS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

2. Interview and Interrogation- interview refers to

asking questions to the witnesses of crime in order to
extract information from them so that perpetrator
could be apprehended.
Interrogation is a grave level off to the person who is
suspected of the offence.
TOOLS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

3. Instrumentation refers to the tools or means by

which investigators attempt to measure variables or
items of interest in the data collection process.
PROCEDURE UPON ARRIVAL AT THE
CRIME SCENE
 A. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CRIME SCENE
1. Receive the crime scene from the first responder.
2. Record time/date of arrival at the crime scene, location of the
scene, condition of the weather, condition and type of
lighting, direction of wind and visibility.
3. Photograph and/or video the entire crime scene.
4. Before entering the crime scene, all investigators must put on
surgical gloves.
 FIRST RESPONDERS – Are members of the police,
military, fire, medical teams,
• and other volunteer organizations who are expected to
be the first to respond to calls for assistance in cases
of accident/incidents or crime committed.
 A. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CRIME SCENE
5. Before touching or moving any object at the crime scene in a
homicide or murder case, determine first the status of the victim,
whether he is still alive or already dead. If the victim is alive, the
investigator should exert effort to gather information from the
victim himself regarding the circumstances of the crime, while a
member of the team or someone must call an ambulance from the
nearest hospital. Before removing the victim, mark, sketch and
photograph his/her relative position. Only a coroner or a medical
examiner shall remove the dead body unless unusual circumstances
justify its immediate removal.
 Coroners are not usually doctors. They are often elected
or appointed to their position. Most have a bachelor's
degree in forensic science or criminology. In some states,
the elected coroner must be a medical doctor.
 A. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CRIME SCENE
6. Designate a member of the team or ask other policemen or
responsible persons to stand watch and secure the scene, and permit
only authorized persons to enter the same.
7. Identify and retain for questioning the person who first notified the
police, and other possible witnesses.
8. Determine the assailant through inquiry or observe him if his
identity is immediately apparent. Arrest him if he is still in the
vicinity.
9. Separate witnesses in order to get independent statements
GENERAL INVESTIGATION
PROCEDURE
 CRIME SCENE PROCESSING
 a. The Crime Scene Search

The crime scene is the area surrounding the place

where the crime occurred.
 CRIME SCENE PROCESSING
a. The Crime Scene Search

1. Processing and Securing a Crime Scene –

processing a crime scene includes the
application of diligent and careful methods by an
investigator/policemen to recognize, identify,
preserve and collect fact and items of evidentiary
value that may assist in reconstructing that which
actually occurred.
 CRIME SCENE PROCESSING
 a. The Crime Scene Search
2. Protecting the Crime Scene and the Evidence – Successful
crimes scene processing depends upon the policeman‟s or
investigator‟s skill in recognizing and collecting facts and
items of value as evidence, and upon his ability to protect,
preserve, and later, to present these in a logical manner. This
requires making careful and detailed notes and sketches;
written statements and transcribing verbal statements of
witnesses, suspects and marking and preservation of collected
physical objects of evidentiary nature.
 CRIME SCENE PROCESSING
a. The Crime Scene Search

3. Laboratory examination of objects and substances

located usually at the crime scene. Objects and
substances needing examination in some cases are
carried, intentionally or unintentionally, by suspects from
the crime scene.
 INVESTIGATOR’S NOTEBOOK
a. Purpose: Refresh the memory of the investigator
.
b. Recording Note: The data of the investigation should be
recorded in a complete, accurate and legible fashion so that in
the event another investigator is required to assume
responsibility for the investigation, he can make intelligent use
of the notebook.
REMINDERS FOR THE INVESTIGATOR

• In the conduct of investigation be sure that all evidence

recovered or obtained should be acquired in legal
procedure