2021 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 45
Investigative Services Bureau
CRIME SCENE DIVISION
The Hartford Police Department Crime Scene Division works
in conjunction with the other detective divisions within the
Investigative Services Bureau as well as with the Community
Services Bureau. The duties of the detectives in the division
include, but are not limited to, photographing crime scenes,
photographing suspects and victims for identi昀椀cation purposes, Fatal Traf昀椀c Crash Investigations, the processing of
crime scenes including laser scanning, the collection, preservation, and submission of evidence for analysis, development of latent prints for analysis, obtaining 昀椀ngerprint
impressions for positive identi昀椀cation of deceased individuals, collection of DNA swabs for analysis, the processing
of recovered 昀椀rearms including cyanoacrylate processing,
dusting for latent prints, DNA swabbing, and “test 昀椀ring”
of the 昀椀rearms for NIBIN analysis, NIBIN entry, “rapid DNA”
entry, as well as numerous other law enforcement and service related duties as required.
Members of the Crime Scene Division are some of the most
highly trained, specialized, and experienced members of
the Hartford Police Department. Members of the division
have an average of over 20 years of law enforcement experience.
At present, the Crime Scene Division consists of one sergeant and six detectives.
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