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    This document outlines the standard operating procedure for conducting crime scene investigations in the Philippines. It defines the roles and responsibilities of first responders, investigators, and scene of crime operation teams to ensure a systematic and organized process. The goals are to properly preserve and collect potential evidence, identify witnesses, and conduct the investigation safely, efficiently and in a way that ensures any evidence is admissible in court. It is intended to minimize common mistakes, address identified weaknesses, and harmonize the sequence of activities and accountabilities at crime scenes.

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    This document outlines the standard operating procedure for conducting crime scene investigations in the Philippines. It defines the roles and responsibilities of first responders, investigators, and scene of crime operation teams to ensure a systematic and organized process. The goals are to properly preserve and collect potential evidence, identify witnesses, and conduct the investigation safely, efficiently and in a way that ensures any evidence is admissible in court. It is intended to minimize common mistakes, address identified weaknesses, and harmonize the sequence of activities and accountabilities at crime scenes.

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    This document outlines the standard operating procedure for conducting crime scene investigations in the Philippines. It defines the roles and responsibilities of first responders, investigators, and scene of crime operation teams to ensure a systematic and organized process. The goals are to properly preserve and collect potential evidence, identify witnesses, and conduct the investigation safely, efficiently and in a way that ensures any evidence is admissible in court. It is intended to minimize common mistakes, address identified weaknesses, and harmonize the sequence of activities and accountabilities at crime scenes.

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    POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP)

    REPUBLIC ACT 6975 “Department of the Interior and Local Government


    Act of 1990”
    SEC. 24. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS. – THE PNP SHALL HAVE THE
    FOLLOWING POWERS AND FUNCTIONS:
    (a) Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the protection of lives and
    properties;
    (b) Maintain peace and order and take all necessary steps to ensure
    public safety;
    (c) Investigate and prevent crimes, effect the arrest of criminal
    offenders, bring offenders to justice, and assist in their prosecution;
    (d) Exercise the general powers to make arrest, search, and seizure in
    accordance with the Constitution and pertinent laws;
    (e) Detain an arrested person for a period not beyond what is
    prescribed by law, informing the person so detained of all his/her rights
    under the Constitution;
    (f) Issue licenses for the possession of firearms and explosives in
    accordance with law;
    (g) Supervise and control the training and operations of security
    agencies and issue licenses to operate security agencies, and to security
    guards and private detectives, for the practice of their professions; and
    (h) Perform such other duties and exercise all other functions as may be
    provided by law.
    STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

    CONDUCT OF CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

    PURPOSE:
    Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) is one of the most critical stages of any
    criminal investigation. The initial actions taken at the crime scene by the
    First Responders, Investigators and SOCO Team members at the outset
    of the investigation are of such vital importance that oftentimes their
    actions would determine the outcome of the investigation. However,
    while CSI is the most important stage of the investigation in terms of
    collecting vital forensic evidence and information, this initial stage is
    also often the most chaotic and therefore prone to errors.
    Case Reviews of major cases conducted by the DIDM through the
    EPJUST Program have revealed that one of the major sources of
    confusion at the crime scene is the unclear delineation of functions of
    the First Responder (FR), Investigator-on-Case (IOC) and the Scene of
    the Crime Operation (SOCO) Team of the PNP Crime Laboratory. While
    the PNP mandated the PNP Crime Laboratory to conduct SOCO as early
    as 1996, this relatively new doctrine of utilizing the SOCO team in the
    collection of forensic evidence at the crime scene necessitates the
    issuance of a protocol if only to lay down the functions, responsibilities
    and accountabilities of each member of the CSI team.
    It is imperative to remember, however, that the IOC has the primary
    responsibility over the crime scene and takes control and supervision in
    the overall crime scene investigation. A systematic and organized
    procedure on crime scene investigation is therefore the key to ensuring
    that all potential physical evidence are properly preserved and
    collected, all possible witnesses are identified and documented, and all
    the necessary basic procedures are undertaken properly.
    For the purpose of this SOP, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) shall refer
    to all the investigative procedures undertaken at the crime scene
    commencing from the arrival of the PNP First Responders (FRs) to the
    arrival of the Duty Investigator/IOC and the SOCO Team until the lifting
    of the security cordon and release of the crime scene. The following are
    the intents and purposes of this SOP:
    a. To define and delineate the functions and responsibilities of the
    FRs. the IOC, and the SOCO Team in the conduct of crime scene
    investigation;
    b. To establish and harmonize the sequence of activities that shall
    be conducted at the crime scene and identify the accountabilities
    of each responsible PNP personnel/team;
    c. To set the standard forms that shall be required to be
    accomplished by the FR, the SOCO Team, and the IOC, which shall
    henceforth become an integral part of the case folder;
    d. To minimize the most common mistakes committed by the
    investigators and ensure that potential physical evidence is not
    contaminated or destroyed and potential witnesses are not
    overlooked;
    e. To ensure that lives are saved and that the security and safety
    of the PNP CSI personnel (FR/IOC/SOCO) are enhanced;
    f. To ensure that the CSI procedures are conducted properly,
    efficiently, and effectively to ensure the admissibility of collected
    evidence in court; and
    g. To address and mitigate the investigation procedural
    weaknesses identified during the conduct of case reviews.
    SCOPE OF APPLICATION:
    This SOP applies to all crime scene investigations undertaken by the
    PNP and provides the procedures to be observed by the FRs, IOC, and
    SOCO Teams as well as the report formats that they shall be required to
    prepare. This procedure shall likewise be observed by the Special
    Investigation Task Groups (SITG).

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