4 things you must do when you are En route to the scene
10:2
8 systematic approach
VAWSEEPO
Victim/informant Appreciation Witness Scene Elements Exhibits Power Offender
What are the 5W+H probing questions?
Why, what, when, where, who, how
Appreciation
Problem solving tool that uses a set pattern. “What you want to achieve” making sure you think about everything.
List basic contact details
Last name All first names Full residential address DOB and Age Occupation Employer details contacts Email/number
Explain roles of a scene guard.
UNBENT
Unauthorised entry, Notebook recording, Brief authorised people, Explore and report suspicious behaviour, No contaminating yourself, Think of the animals
Common approach path
Avoiding any path/routes possibly taken to and from the scene. Leave the same way you entered.
Arbitrary
No reason, or random arrest.