Criminal Justice Assignment Task

Running head: CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMNAL JUSTICE
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE1
Handling Emergencies before Securing Crime Scene
A crime scene is a location which is association with the crime that has been
committed and can be seen as containing physical evidence which is important for the
investigation of the crime (Baxter Jr, 2015). For the collection and preservation of evidence,
the most important aspect is the protection of the crime scene. Protecting the crime scene is
important for keeping the evidence important to the investigation uncontaminated until the
time when it could be recorded and collected (Dutelle, 2014). However, responding to
emergencies before securing crime scenes is considered to be most important for the law
enforcement officers even if there is a risk of the evidence getting tampered. In any kind of
preliminary investigation handling of the emergencies is considered to be more important
than securing the crime scene. The emergencies include providing first aid; detaining,
questioning and either releasing or arresting of the suspects present in the crime scene
(Crandall & Crandall, 2017). Attending to emergencies is critical as the res gestae statements
are considered as the spontaneous statements and are closely related to the actions involving
crimes. These res gestae statements are often times considered more truthful than the planned
statements taken later.
Factors to consider for Potentially Dangerous Situation
When a responding officer is on a “hot” call there are certain factors that the officer is
required to consider, especially when the situation is observed to be potentially dangerous.
The basic considerations that a responding officer is required to follow or adapt are to be
thoroughly familiar with the crimes and the elements thereof. If there is a question of the
safety of the life of any individual; it is the duty of the officer to be responding in an
appropriate manner for protecting the life and safety of such individual. In case of an