Jordan is shadowing the police again at a different crime scene. this time you have gone with him. your job will be to record all of the required information on a chain of custody document.
1. choose one of the items of physical evidence mentioned in jordan’s notes below.
2. complete the chain of custody document for that item. (make it similar to the example provided beneath jordan’s notes.)
jordan’s notes
tuesday, february 5
i observed evidence technician josh sanders dust the inside doorknob on the front door for latent fingerprints. dusting the doorknob did reveal latent prints, which sanders lifted with tape and transferred to a small card. that occurred at approximately 3: 15 p. m.
i later observed detective laura wilson collect a bullet casing from the tile floor in the kitchen after another investigator first photographed the area. the bullet casing was found on the floor beneath the kitchen table and was picked up by wilson (with gloved hands) and placed in an evidence bag. collection of the bullet casing occurred at 3: 42 p. m.
i then looked in the guest bathroom down the hall from the kitchen and observed another evidence technician, william soto, collecting unknown red fibers from inside the bathroom sink. the time was approximately 3: 53 p. m. soto collected the red fibers with tweezers and placed them inside an evidence bag.
example of a chain of custody form
chain of custody
item collected as evidence:
individual who collected the item:
date and time of collection:
description of location where item was collected:
method of collection: