FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Triage, Camcorder, Digital Single-Lens Reflex Camera
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The assumption is that it will form a good part of the investigation and may impact on the direction in which it progresses. Since evidentiary materials may end up in court as part of an exhibit and/or expert testimony, it is necessary to safeguard its transport, labelling and constant whereabouts. Sometimes refereed to as: chain of evidence, chain of possession and (cid:498)maintaining the chain of custody(cid:499) Prevents unauthorized persons from accessing, tampering, adding or altering evidence in any way, from its original discovery right though to its presentation in a court of law. Maintaining the chain of custody or possession means a complete and unbroken record: Where it was located when it become evidence. The date and time it become evidence. What has been done to the evidence. The level of information ensures the integrity of all evidence in several ways. You want to protect it in the best way you can form dirt, moisture and abrasion.
