2021 CCSO Year In Review - Flipbook - Page 15
Investigations
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C C SO 2 0 2 1 Yea r in R e v iew
FORENSIC
2021 Stats
Criminal Reconstruction
and Forensic Technicians
(CRAFT)
25 Crash scenes/reconstructions
8 3D-scanned crime scenes
Computer Forensics
219 Devices processed
Forensic Video
Capture/Analysis
148 Cases
Forensics
T
TEAMS
he successful apprehension and prosecution of criminals
depends on ensuring the security and integrity of crime
scenes and the proper collection and review of evidence.
To that end, the Sheriff’s Office deploys certified forensic investigators, examiners, and image specialists from our Crime Scene
Investigation, Computer Forensics, and Forensic Imaging teams to
gather, document, store, and examine case-related evidence.
• The primary duty of the Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Unit is to process crime scenes for
detectives. This can include determining firearm ballistic trajectories, collecting residue and biological matter, and lifting latent fingerprints for further processing and identification in a crime lab.
Forensic Artist
15 Sketches
6 Post-mortem re-approximations
3 Reconstructive tattoo illustrations
Crime Scene
Investigation (CSI)
63
649
472
10,898
105
59
34
48
1,444
55
114
36
586
Call-outs (activity outside of lab)
Items processed for prints/DNA
Prints analyzed
Prints compared
Prints entered into ABIS
Scenes processed
People (victims/suspects) processed
Vehicles processed
Evidentiary items collected
Weapon test-fires
Pieces of evidence sent to
OSP Crime Lab
Outside agency assists
Reports prepared
• Nearly every modern interaction with a victim, witness or suspect involves an electronic
device — whether it’s a phone, navigation system, gaming console, smartwatch, laptop, desktop
computer or tablet. Computer Forensic Examiners retrieve and preserve digital evidence on
such devices, whether those devices are new or obsolete.
• Our Forensic Imaging Unit compiles and analyzes video from surveillance cameras and
other sources, and also creates composite sketches — helping victims, witnesses, attorneys
and investigators identify suspects and persons of interest. Our Forensic Imaging Specialist has
collaborated with the State Forensic Anthropologist to create complex post-mortem sketches,
building pictures of the deceased from skeletal remains and other clues gathered at crime scenes
to help Detectives identify unknown remains.
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