ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the value of applying 3D laser scanning to active incident scenes for determining bullet trajectory, suspect/victim positions and perspectives, capturing critical scene evidence—especially in blind spots—and with providing a view of how quickly these types of scenes can move and expand. Laser scanning may be the predominant method for capturing scenes, especially shooting scenes, yet, as this book has emphasized, it is the only way these scenes can be documented given the wider range of scene mapping technology available. Burroughs was not personally involved with the Pulse shooting scene itself, but she argues that even if the scene was documented via laser scanning, this is not the last chance for laser scanners to make an impact. The Pulse shooting scene as well as any major crime scene could benefit well from 3D laser scanning. Laser scanning of active incident scenes provides some of the best training in scanner operation.
