Scenes of Crime Officer

A Scenes of Crime Officer in Queensland is a sworn, operational police officer who responds to urgent and non-urgent requests via our various communications systems including radio, phone, internal software programs and online public platforms. Urgent requests include murder investigations, sexual assault complaints, fatal traffic crashes, sudden death incidents, armed robberies, workplace accidents and burglary with violence offences. Non-urgent requests include arson investigations, located stolen vehicles, break and enter offences, assault complaints. Upon arrival at a crime scene, a Scenes of Crime Officer is responsible for making observations, keeping written and photographic records and collecting evidence including Trace DNA, blood, latent fingerprints, items of interest that may have been used in a crime, such as weapons, clothing and other property. In some cases, collected evidence must be packaged and transported for further laboratory analysis. It is important to maintain continuity of gathered evidence, to ensure reliability when produced for criminal proceedings.