Collection, Processing, and Packaging of Forensic Evidence

Collection, Processing, and Packaging of Forensic Evidence In most cases the methods and procedures of the collection, processing, and packaging of forensic evidence will not be much di«erent than the current standards employed for a conventional crime scene investigation. ¨e focus of this chapter is on the areas where there are deviations from the forensic evidence collection standards due to the CBRNE/TIC environment and potential contamination of the evidence. Additional constraints include the need to place the items of evidence in a glove box at the lab to be safely analyzed. CSIs are reminded that even in such a hazardous environment no item of evidence is touched, moved, presumptively želd tested, or processed before it has been thoroughly and properly documented.