Criminalistics - Appendix.doc

<UNTBL><COLH2><INST></INST>Amount Desired</COLH2>

<COLHD>Specimen

Standard

Evidence

Send By</COLHD>

<TB><SH>Abrasives</SH>

Not less than one ounce.

All

Registered mail or equivalent

<SH>Ammunition</SH> (Live Cartridges)

Live ammunition must be shipped via Federal Express. The following guidelines must be followed to comply with U.S. Department of Transportation regulations. Pack ammunition in a cardboard container. Label invoices FEDERAL EXPRESS. The shipper’s certification for restricted articles must be included. The outside of the container must be labeled ORMD AIR, CARTRIDGES SMALL ARMS. The shipping papers must also include the weight in grams

<SH>Anonymous</SH>

tion Letters, and Bank Robbery Notes

Documentary evidence condition in which it was found. It should not be folded, torn, marked, soiled, stamped, written on, or handled unnecessarily. Protect the evidence from inadvertent indented writing. Mark documents unobtrusively by writing the collector’s initials, date, and other information with a pencil. Whenever possible, submit the original evidence to the Laboratory. The lack of detail in photocopies makes examinations difficult. Copies are sufficient for reference file searches.

Registered mail or equivalent

<SH>Bullets</SH> (projector without cartridge)

All found.

Same as Ammunition

(Live Cartridges)

<SH>Cartridge Cases</SH> (shells only)</TB>

All

Same as Ammunition

<COLHD>Identification

Wrapping and Packing

Remarks</COLHD>

<TB><ITAL>Outside container:</ITAL> type of material, date obtained, investigator’s name or initials.

Submit abrasives in heat-sealed or resealable plastic bags or paint cans. Avoid using paper or glass containers.

Abrasives settle in oil and fuel. Submit the oil and fuel from the engine sump filters.

Abrasives embed in bearings and other parts. Submit the bearings and other parts.

Same as above.

Ammunition components such as bullets, cartridge cases and shotshell casings can be sent via registered mail through the U.S. Postal Service. Evidence should be packaged separately and identified by date, time, location, collector’s name, case number, and evidence number.

Unless specific examination of the cartridge is essential, do not submit.

Initial and date each document, if advisable.

Use proper enclosure. Place in envelope and seal with “Evidence” tape or transparent cellophane tape. Flap side of envelope should show: (1) wording “Enclosure(s) to FBI from (name of submitting office),” (2) title of case, (3) brief description of contents, (4) file number, if known. Staple to original letter of transmittal.

Do not handle with bare hands. Advise if evidence should be treated for latent fingerprints.

Whenever possible, submit the original evidence to the laboratory. The lack of detail in photocopies makes examinations difficult. Copies are sufficient for reference file searches.

Do not mark bullets, cartridges and cartridge cases, and shotshells and shotshell casings. The date, time, location, collector's name, case number, and evidence number should be on the container.

Pack tightly in cotton or soft paper in pill, match, or powder box. Place in box. Label outside of box as to contents.

Unnecessary handling obliterates marks.

Same as above.

Same as above.

Spent cartridge cases.</TB>

<COLH2>Amount Desired</COLH2>

<COLHD>Specimen

Standard

Evidence

Send By</COLHD>

<TB><SH>Casts</SH> (Dental or Die Stone Casts of Tire Treads and Shoe Prints)

Send in suspect’s shoes and tires. Photographs and sample impressions are usually not suitable for comparison.

All shoe prints and entire circumference of tires.

Registered mail or equivalent

<SH>Checks</SH> (fraudulent)

See Anonymous Letter (p. 612)

Registered mail or equivalent

<SH>Check Protector,</SH> <SH>Rubber Stamp,</SH> <SH> Date Stamp</SH> <SH>Known Standards</SH> (if possible, send actual device)

Obtain several copies in full word-for-word order of each questioned check-writer impression. If unable to forward rubber stamps, prepare numerous samples with different degrees of pressure.

Registered mail or equivalent

<SH>Clothing</SH>

All

Registered mail or equivalent

<BOLD>DNA Examinations (see pp. 624–626)</BOLD>

<SH>Documents</SH> (charred or burned)

All

Registered mail or equivalent

<SH>Drugs:

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