ABSTRACT
When a police officer is involved in a shooting incident in the line of duty, it is critical that each aspect of the necessary scene documentation be handled with the utmost care and thoroughness. This is not because an officerinvolved shooting carries any more significance than any other type of shooting, but because this type shooting is sure to attract maximum scrutiny at both the criminal and civil level. Ever since the Rodney King police beating incident in Los Angeles during the 1980s, use of force by police officers at all levels has remained the subject of intense review and discussion.
