Evidence Collection

The strength of any case lies in what can be proven. As a rule, that proof stems directly from what can be recovered from a crime scene. Unfortunately, significant amounts of evidence that would normally be collected at the crime scene is contaminated.

Two questions arise. One, what can actually be removed from the site without endangering others? Secondly, what explanation can be given for the numerous items located which further assign responsibility for the crime, but which were unable to be brought to court?

The answers lie in representative samples, photographs, video, and what individual officers can articulate regarding their knowledge and experience of the meth manufacturing process.

Even when the above lessons have been learned, there’s still one mountain to climb…prosecutors historically dislike having to prove a case for which they have little hard evidence to introduce in the courtroom.