TOOL TRACES {In much the seine way that a bullet wil retain seratches from the Darrel of tie gun fra ‘hich it was fred, then ools such as chisels, ‘phere, bolt cutters, knivec, scrowérivers,elc, ‘il leave identifying marks atthe scene of an Investigation. These marks can be traiched te tha lool ata ater date using compasison or stereo microrcope, Moat obviously, the shear mazka on a cut padlock caa be linked {othe cutters tat were used on the job. Ifthe sume pair of bolicuters has been going the ‘rounds, and you find yourself nicked with, then you relght Cad yoursell being held responsible for any number of previoasly ‘unsolved ‘erimec' If such to-Is fave been ‘used fo beaak inte the Miniewy of Defence, ‘then itis courting disaster oid on o tiem. Forless dodgy instances, the working edges of tools ean ihe givan a naw ane" by fling OF eahurponiag, bul only ifthe tool in good condition, and not badly pitiet or ecarred. ‘Tools are rot cnly made ofmeta, objects such robe, sting, tape, etcare just 1s tory, and lend themselves to analysis, GLOVE TRACES “Although kis always wiser to wear shoves 0 avoid te ra of leaving say dagerpuirs ‘Behind, we should be aware that gloves can sometines leave [eat se mich infrration. Zeslealy, glover wil almost ceralny leave ‘Gaces ofthe abi nom which ey are rade Sn anything they touch, especialy broken ince fencing, masonry, and sough wood. tt Gloves are net Guown sway afer uso, te Positive inet cam De made in the ‘ox of {earl axalyas, Plas cleves, uber gloves ‘wil Hoop your ints on the fnele and some See eters oe ay tat ons toshow up onbard orehixy Firfaces Ii your discarded gloves ae foun ‘han tscat of your sweat wil be preset sos Body Socrton Traces), tawall 3 carspartive Emcee such as wood splines pan Ooken, Gasset, Brome ese of cine. member aso tal You aro. gomg to look aed respicoue if you are fomed weasing Gloves in mild weather, cr aven if you Fave Sem in your possession, expechlly if there {s more thasn one of 0, and you are all weaing them. BODY SECRETION TRACES ‘The human body produces various uids and ecretions apart trom Blood, These are Rareely, spit sweat, team, esrwax, axing faeces indice Samples af use eay or wil Se lot ata scone of inrestqaten, They don't {athe police abel «lot ba, az wil blood tacos, hay tolp bude up en overall petsre, For tie most put, body eecreton aces wil Show blood ‘ype. in some insances tha {Nocmetion ear be swore exact. From yout soot and spl they wdlieow you smoke, oF Hyon tave a speriic occupaion ( o.. ‘ninarblack ling, doser: asbestos, et). Flom you. sine sent and econ, any Linesses that you hive may be appurcne GHeptttis, antemia, NSU, et) and any ‘medication or drags hel you riey have aken- From your #kl they vill be able to tal what Ser ozampls, te analyse of ina or staxcene ofecine mattahow Heod ype presence Sf Hopadts, snd presence of Methadana, They already have a list of rogislered Tathadone user, therefore iy already have {ist of surpects % VEHICLE TRACES Vehicle traces refer to ary pars of forensic evidence that may bo leh by motor transport Fcsly, the tyre tacky these are wsually lof ‘m sok ground, and not on hard top roads, although they may be found in sot ta, dog hit, ota, and in the case of a colls sometimes oa the Hesk ef the victin(s). These ‘Paces wil Ident the make of tyre, end in ‘moet instances will prove siqua fo one tye, du to the characteristic wear. The distance etween tyre tracke wil i aes width ‘el chasis ont us indenting th type of car. Some cars cary unique tyres, for neamee impoxted, or small production rans, ‘Trnnefer feces aro those which are Joh on the scene due to collision or contact. Most ‘commonly this involves paint fakes. These fre always left in the ease of any contact. As ‘wall ar indicating tho exact colour of te Yehicle, when studied snicroscopicelly they