Forensics Day 1 (03-27-2023)

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with Crash Detective Garside

" The Devil is in the details"

What is Forensic Evidence?

Forensic evidence is evidence obtained by scientific methods such as ballistics, blood test, and DNA test and used in court. Forensic evidence often helps to establish the guilt or innocence of possible suspects. Analysis of forensic evidence is used in the investigation and prosecution of civil as well as criminal proceedings.

Any item considered to be of evidentiary value can be examined by a person of specialized training to give an opinion about it.

Examples of Forensic Evidence

- Death investigation/ Crime Scene

- Forensic Pathology

- DNA blood/ saliva/ bodily fluids ( Biological/ Serology)

- " Ballistics"

- Fingerprints

- Digital Forensics (photo/computers)

Digital Forensics

- Computers

- Cell Phones

- Vehicles

- Banking

- ALL SOCIAL MEDIA SITES

- Do you want to go to college? Do you want a good job?

What Else??

- Tool Marks, Tire Impressions, Shoe Impressions, Fabric/Material Impressions, Bite Marks, Polygraph, Documents, Toxicology, Engineering, Medical Examiner/Pathologist, Anthropology, Psychologist, Fire/Arson (Cause & Origin), Linguistics, Geology, Entomology, Botany

In the field of Forensic Evidence, you must be:

-A jack of all trades

-Willing to keep up with trends and technology

-General Knowledge (lifestyles, religions, fads, evidence outside your discipline)

-Able to work in conjunction with a team of other specialists

WHY + HOW = WHO

Myths:

-There are always fingerprints

-There is always DNA

-Everyone who commits suicide leaves a note

-Must have forensic evidence to prove your case

-Time of Death

How to work a Murder differently than a Suicide?

NOTHING

In conclusion, Mr. Garside talked to us about Forensic Evidence. He talked about some examples of Forensic Evidence, Digital Forensics, and a variety of other things that show evidence, the characteristics you must have when looking for evidence, and lastly some myths there are about Forensic Evidence. Today, I learned a lot about Forensic Evidence and never thought about it before.