Police Investigation

Aims of Police Investigation:

To identify the identity of the person who

committed the crime

To identify the location of the crime

To gather evidence to prove his guilt in a

criminal processing
 How do you conduct an
investigation?

1. Determine whether a law has been

violated.

2. Discover the WH questions: HOW, WHO,

WHERE, WHEN, WHAT and WHY.
 TOOLS to use:

1. Information gathered/acquired from

other persons, witnesses, and victims of the
crime

2. Interrogation done by questioning

the witnesses and suspects to
obtain further facts
 TOOLS to use:

3. Instrumentation application of forensic

sciences to obtain physical evidence
through a thorough crime scene
processing by the investigator himself or
with the aid of the SOCO