3.1

• Territorial jurisdiction


  The area or place that a certain police station holds or covers where a crime incident happened
• Police station


  The office of local police that has a jurisdiction within an area and exercises control over the community and persons movement by enforcing the laws necessary for the maintenance of peace and order
• Crime incident


  Occurrence of a certain crime
• Ways police officers are notified that a crime happened

  1. A concerned citizen who witnessed the crime incident

  2. An accidental discovery of some citizen

  3. The action itself of the police officer in patrol
• First responder


  Those who are employed in the community with the end purpose of crime prevention
• First responder must do

  1. Proceed to crime scene and validate information regarding crime incident

  2. Record all relevant facts and the time of arrival at the crime scene

  3. Cordon the area, meaning isolate the place so that unauthorized persons cannot enter lie scene or the suspect cannot destroy the evidence

  4. Identify possible witness and do the preliminary interview if feasible

  5. Arrest suspect/s if they are around or recommend for the conduct of dragnet operation which pertains to an operation conducted to seal off possible exits of the suspects

  6. Be ready to take dying declaration of injured person

  7. Evacuate wounded person and/or account killed, wounded or arrested person

  8. Conduct initial investigation and briefing of investigator case (IOC) upon his arrival at the scene

  9. Conduct initial inventory of all possible evidence at the crime scene which must be signed by him, the SOCO, and by the investigator
• Investigating team


  The group of police personnel charged with the investigation and processing of the crime scene which includes but not limited to the search, collection, marking, tagging, preservation, and transfer of evidence
• Investigating team is composed of

  • The team leader
  • Investigator
  • Photographer
  • Evidence custodian
  • Artist/Sketcher
• what is done before the marking of evidence?

  Photography