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