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National Police Cadet Corps Police Photography

National Police Cadet Corps Crime Scene Investigation Unit • Congratulations on your promotion and welcome to the Intermediate CSI training module. After this course, you will be promoted to become an Investigation Officer. As an Assistant IO previously, you had to learn the basics of investigation work and fingerprint dusting. I am sure you had used your skills well. • In this module, you will learn more complex topics. They are Police Photography, DNA Analysis and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. They will help you to solve more complicated and more serious crimes. Let us start with why we need to capture the crime scene in photo, and how we can taking good and reliable photos.

National Police Cadet Corps Learning Objectives Learning Outcome (MOE 21 CC) Learning Objective To manage self-expectations (in a task that requires patience & meticulousness) & actively contribute to a team goal using collaboration skills Create awareness on the need to capture the crime scene & the importance of taking good & reliable photos

National Police Cadet Corps Purpose & Goal • To aid in the proper documentation of physical evidence so as to: • help investigators have a clear image of the crime scene & evidence long after the crime scene is cleared, & • Help substantiate the prosecution in the court of law

National Police Cadet Corps Methods • Specific methods of taking photographs in a crime scene by capturing: • Overview of Crime Scene • Size of physical evidence • Location of physical evidence

National Police Cadet Corps Introduction of Police Camera

National Police Cadet Corps Photography Techniques

National Police Cadet Corps Photography Techniques • General guidelines on taking photographs of crime scene: • All crime scenes will be photographed first • Nothing shall be moved or touched unless • Integrity of physical evidence or lives are at stake, in which case, the alterations will be noted

National Police Cadet Corps Photography Techniques • General Overview: • Start with a wide-angle shot of the scene & its surroundings Eg. Block where crime occured

National Police Cadet Corps Photography Techniques • Street Sign: • If taken at night, look out for signage & items that reflect light when flash is used. • So, take from an angle.

National Police Cadet Corps Photography Techniques • Unit Number: • Take together with door frame, the gate & the surrounding. Move close to the unit to take another shot of the unit number

National Police Cadet Corps Photography Techniques • General Scene: • Take photos showing the overall scene.

National Police Cadet Corps Photography Techniques • Intermediate: • Move nearer to the item & the surrounding Eg. Exhibit is Screwdriver Eg. Exhibit is the Tissue in the ashtray

National Police Cadet Corps Photography Techniques • Close-Up (Actual Size Photography): • • Capture details of the evidence. Seize item, if necessary, thereafter using appropriate scale. Do not include objects that are irrelevant

National Police Cadet Corps Picture Quality

National Police Cadet Corps Picture Quality- Poor Examples • Over Exposed

National Police Cadet Corps Picture Quality- Poor Examples • Under Exposed

National Police Cadet Corps Picture Quality- Poor Examples • Poor Composition • Key subjects should take majority area of the photo Key Subjects: Furniture Error: Ceiling takes up half of the photo

National Police Cadet Corps Picture Quality- Poor Examples • Blurred

National Police Cadet Corps Picture Quality- Good Examples • Correct Exposure with Good Composition

National Police Cadet Corps Picture Quality- Good Examples • Overall shot of vehicle with license plate

National Police Cadet Corps Quiz Time

National Police Cadet Corps Quiz Time What is the Learning Objective? • Create awareness on the need to capture a crime scene & the importance of taking good & reliable photos of a crime scene

National Police Cadet Corps Quiz Time What is the Learning Outcome? • To manage self-expectations (in a task that requires patience & meticulousness) & actively contribute to a team goal using collaboration skills

National Police Cadet Corps Quiz Time When should objects in a crime scene be moved? • Lives are in danger • Physical evidence are in danger of destruction

National Police Cadet Corps Quiz Time What do you need to take note of when taking Close-Up shots of the evidence? • Capture details of the evidence • Do not include irrelevant objects • Use appropriate scale to document size of evidence

National Police Cadet Corps Quiz Time How to ensure good photographs? • Correct exposure with good composition • Overall shot with vehicle license plates

National Police Cadet Corps Activity Time

National Police Cadet Corps Activity Time Take 10 minutes to discuss on the question in the next slide

National Police Cadet Corps Mini-activity Which photos are ideal & which photos are poor? A B C D

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