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O*NET detailed work activityExamine crime scenes to obtain evidence
Stays humanWatch & inspect
5 jobs9 tasks
Inspecting and monitoring in person means noticing what's off with your own eyes, ears and hands, and being accountable for calling it.
Part of Investigate criminal or legal matters, under the O*NET work activity group Getting Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 9 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Investigate reports of animal attacks or animal cruelty, interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and writing reports.
- Search for and collect evidence, such as fingerprints, using investigative equipment.
- Look for trace evidence, such as fingerprints, hairs, fibers, or shoe impressions, using alternative light sources when necessary.
- Dust selected areas of crime scene and lift latent fingerprints, adhering to proper preservation procedures.
- Measure and sketch crime scenes to document evidence.
- Secure deceased body and obtain evidence from it, preventing bystanders from tampering with it prior to medical examiner's arrival.
- Reconstruct crime scenes to determine relationships among pieces of evidence.
- Examine footwear, tire tracks, or other types of impressions.
- Dust evidence or portions of fire scenes for latent fingerprints.