GREER POLICE DEPARTMENT From June 2012
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CSI: Camp gave students valuable primer behind the scenes
JUN 10, 2012
The Greer Police Department, hosts of the weeklong CSI: Day Camp, saved the best for last on Friday.
James McDonald, criminal justice adjunct instructor, has taught forensics for seven years at Greenville Technical College. He emphasized the importance of properly collecting evidence and analyzing it in the forensic lab.
Seeing an officer tased is unnerving
JUN 7, 2012
Being tased when resisting arrest is not unheard of; however, being tased in a conference room is incomprehensible to me.
I witnessed Officer Clay Anderson, a rookie with the Greer Police Department, receive 0.036 volts of energy today as he was tased in the mid-back area (video below). In comparison to the 120 volts you would receive from a wall outlet a taser seems like a walk in the park, at least that’s what I thought until I observed what I feel to be an outrage.
Shoe prints, tool markings are key pieces of evidence
JUN 7, 2012
We are almost to the end of our journey and it is a bittersweet.
Today we analyzed shoe prints and tool markings that may be found on a crime scene. It was intriguing. The thing that stuck out the most was tool markings and how officers get them off what may be the weapon in a crime.
Collecting fingerprints is an art
JUN 6, 2012
The tedious act of collecting and analyzing data in a crime lab can be quite interesting, especially when dealing with fingerprints.
Fingerprints are intricate and unique from person to person, containing endless information. Today’s session allotted time to learn the art of collecting fingerprints with the use of our new fingerprinting kits.
Municipal court was entertaining
JUN 6, 2012
It's day three of our wonderful adventure and today we got to observe Greer Municipal Court.
At the CSI Camp, we learned about fingerprints. It was exciting and interesting but let’s get to the real fun.
Analyzing glass evidence tells a distinct story
JUN 5, 2012
Hello all! Day two of CSI Camp has commenced and what a day we had.
Now that we are all past the first day jitters we were able to dive into today’s topic, documenting the crime scene and collecting the evidence, with a splash. The topic was fun-filled and packed with juicy information, quenching my thirst for crime scene investigating.
There's no margin of error documenting evidence
JUN 5, 2012
Broken glass, a white powder substance, and a swab of blood, all waiting to be tested.
Today we learned how to document a scene, pretty easy stuff, or at least that’s what I thought. When the class starts, we go right into a power point. I mean, come on, this is summer time, who is doing power points when we’re not even in school? They weren't your typical power points though. You got to see what officers do at a crime scene, how they scope out for evidence and search the surrounding areas.
There's a process to investigating a crime scene
JUN 5, 2012
Dakota Fitzgerald is a Greer High School graduate and will attend Winthrop University to pursue a mass communications degree. Dakota is attending the CSI Crime Camp conducted by the Greer Police Department. She will get a look at forensics and work done at crime scenes by police department specialists. She will participate in practical exercises in crime scene processing, fingerprinting, methods of developing latent prints and shoe impressions. This is Dakota’s report on Monday’s class.
By Dakota Fitzgerald
Crime scenes have puzzling clues that need to be solved
JUN 4, 2012
Taylor Bowen, a rising senior at Blue Ridge High School, is attending the CSI Crime Camp conducted by the Greer Police Department. Taylor will get a look at forensics and work done at crime scenes by police department specialists. She will participate in practical exercises in crime scene processing, fingerprinting, methods of developing latent prints and shoe impressions. This is Taylor’s report on Monday’s classes.
By Taylor Bowen
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