Inspection report of the scene. What is this document?

Any investigative measure begins with the fact that a protocol is made for the inspection of the scene of the incident. This document is the main reason for all further conclusions of specialists. Any, even the most effective and modern measures to identify the guilty person will not be able to give a result, if this paper is drawn up incorrectly or with any mistakes, inaccuracies. Therefore, it is especially important to fix as completely as possible all the details found in writing. Any small thing can become a direct or indirect evidence. Sometimes one such insignificant detail is enough for the investigation to accurately prove the guilt of the violator of the law and assign him an appropriate penalty.

The protocol for the inspection of the scene of the incident pursues several tasks simultaneously, each of which plays a huge role for the process itself. In addition, the document always passes through a certain number of stages. Each of them reveals its own individual information. Here is a list of those tasks that are pursued by a set of measures to inspect the scene:

• The preparatory stage, which includes the preliminary actions of the investigative team;
• Primary examination, having a runaway character;
• General and more complete examination;
• Careful examination of all items at the crime scene;
• Fixation of the results of these procedures;
• Generalization of information received;
• Thorough consideration of all available data on the hands, construction of possible versions, guessing and other analytical work.

The sample of the scene inspection protocol is a basic document, which is a kind of stencil for all similar conclusions. It is made in the form of an exemplary template and contains a variety of information that can be obtained during the implementation of a set of the above activities. Using this sample, the responsible officer can easily compose his own protocol for the inspection of the scene. The example demonstrates the correct execution of all data, the necessary structure, and the order of their entry into the document.

In the case of murder, an experienced investigator will always provide an examination of the body to a forensic medical expert who is always in the service of the relevant authorities. This specialist will confirm the death of the victim, as well as provide information on the basis of the primary examination of the corpse. The investigator in the meantime will have to question those people who discovered the very fact of the violation of the law. All this, in addition to collecting evidence and studying all the details, will be properly included in the inspection report of the scene. In addition, it is these primary information that are the most valuable in nature information. Sometimes careful questioning of witnesses, as well as correct conclusions, made after examination of the body of the victim, allow the criminal to be found in the first hours after the offense was committed. Therefore, it is very important to show special attention, thoroughness in the inspection and accuracy in the interpretation of the facts.

The scene inspection report contains detailed information on the nature of injuries inflicted on the victim (if any), a description of the skin of the body, the position of the corpse relative to the surrounding objects, its position. All the damage is accurately measured by a special device, which makes it possible to put forward assumptions concerning the subject of the murder.

This document must be drafted directly by the investigator himself, who manages the operation in accordance with all points of the Russian legislation. The protocol also has the force of strong evidence of guilt in the proceedings. It is allowed to make adjustments, as well as a number of additions, if additional aspects were discovered during the investigation.