what teamwork like for an homicide investigator??(intern)?

Question

as i homicide investigator (intern)can some one utilized to me why is teamwork important in a homicide investigation?can someone discuss to me their inter realtionship to each other.like for example how does teamwork compliement the overall investigation,and documentation,how is documentation necessary for the investigation and prosecution cases? can someone please help me figure that one out???????
5 components of pratical homicide investigation
-teamwork
-documentaion
-presavation
-common sense
-flexability

Answer 1

ok--YOU HAVE TO BE A PLAYER IN THE TEAM BECAUSE:
1. THE CASE WILL HAVE TO BE DECIDED BY A PROSECUTOR TO CHARGE SOMEONE IN THE CASE--USUALLY IT GOES LIKE THIS:
1. CALL TO POLICE OR 911 ABOUT CRIME
2. POLICE SEE CRIME SCENE AND QUAREN OFF AREA INITIAL INVESTIGATION BY ON DUTY OFFICER TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED??WHO WHAT WHERE WHY WHEN HOW??
3. CRIME SCENE IS PROTECTED
4. DETECTIVES NOTIFIED ABOUT CRIME AND WHERE
5. DETECTIVE EXAMINE SCENE FOR WHAT HAPPENED-PHOTGRAPH-SCETCH-DIAGRAM-MEASURE ETC
6. VIDEO OF SCENE
7. COMPULATION OF EVIDENCE AND MARKING OF EACH ITEM-SPENT CART-BULLET HOLE, RETRIEVED SLUG ETC
8.DO NOT ERRODE CRIME SCENE THUS ALL MUST WORK TOGETHER A THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR DICTATES.
9. MUST BE FLEXABLE TO MOVE FROM ONE AREA OF SCENE TO ANOTHER ND MAINTAIN CRIME SCENE

REMEMBER THAT A RECORD IS KEPT OF ALL THAT WAS DONE FROM CALL TO YOUR CLOSING THE CRIME SCENE AND AT WHAT TIME WHAT WAS DONE WHEN AND WHERE

WHY BECAUSE FOR A COURT TO LOOK AT ANYTHING, "A CHIAN OF EVIDENCE" HAS TO BE MAINTAINED, THUS ALL MUST KNOW WHEN WHO(M) DID WHAT WHERE.

IF YOU LOSE YOUR CHAIN OF EVIDENCE OR CUSTODY OF MATERIAL, A DEFENSE ATTORNEY CAN RIP YOU A NEW ONE AND YOU HAVE JUST OPENED YOUR WORK TO THE PERILS OF PANDORAS BOX AND SCUTENY ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS AN INVESTIGATOR AND PROFESSIONAL. IF YOU LOSE YOUR CASE THE CLIENT(DEFENDANT CAN CHARGE YOU ALL WITH FALSE ARREST, IMPRISONMENT, RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ETC BECAUSE YOU DID NOT FOLLOW A SET PATTERN FOR THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE--READ A BOOK ON CHAIN OF EVIDENCE AND READ oj SIMPSON STORY ON THAT CHAIN OF EVIDENCE, WHERE WAS THE GLOVE FOUND AND WHAT WAS THAT GLOVE TO THE CASE IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW A CASE ID IS BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION AND LOSE BY ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE--READ THAT CASE AND THEN ASK YOURSELF ABOUT TEAM WORK AND YOUR ROLE AS A TEAM MEMBER I HAVE 75 ITEMS OF RULES FOR INVESTIGATION A CHECK SHEET OF ELEVEN PAGES I USE TO TAKE WITH ME TO A SCENE WHEN I DID INVESTIGATIONS IN 1973-77 FOR CID AND SHERIFF DEPT