Evidence Technicians (ETs) are responsible for responding to:

• Death investigations
• Major crime scenes
  • Burglaries
  • Homicides
  • Robberies
• Major motor vehicle crashes

Purpose

The primary objective of the ET is the collection and preservation of evidence at crime and crash scenes.

Duties & Forensic Processing

ETs assist in securing and evaluating how to process a scene and the collection of any physical evidence for analysis or safekeeping. The ET performs forensic processing of physical evidence to include:

• Collection of trace evidence and biological materials
• Photographing the scene
• Preparing crime and crash scene sketches and diagrams
• Recovery of foot, tool and tire impressions
• Recovery of latent prints