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1 First Responder in Crime Scene

The First Responder

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LEARNING GOAL:
The goal of this module is to provide the learners
with:

1. A clear understanding of the basic roles of first

responder;

2. Defining the things he must consider; and

3. Be given utmost consideration when responding

to the scene crime and to develop their knowledge
and skills in responding to a crime scene.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this lesson, the learners will be able to:

1. Define the term first responder;

2. Identify who are the first responders;

3. Identify the General Objectives of the first responder;

4. Properly identify the roles of the first responder;

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LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

5. Properly identify how to respond to a crime

scene;

6. Enumerate tasks of the first responder;

7. Identify and Enumerate first responders

Immediate Action.
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Introduction

When a crime of violence or crime incidence or

any other crimes occur, who do you think should
be the first person from the government to get
there at the crime scene immediately?
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What is the First Responder (FR)?

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First Responder - The first Police Officers to

arrive at the crime scene are the FRs who were
dispatched by the local police station/unit
concerned after receipt of incident/flash/alarm
report.

Note: The person who can be the First to Respond

may be the Barangay Tanod or Security Guard or
Concerned Citizen or those whom we call Force
Multiplier.
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WHO ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS?

 Police
 Barangay Tanod
Security Force Personnel

Concerned Citizen
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FR General Objectives:

 Identify the crime;

 Serve the victim’s needs;
 Apprehend the suspect/s;
 Secure, Protect and Preserve Evidence
 Proper turn-over to the IOC
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Roles of the first responder

 Crime Scene Safety
 Life Saving Efforts
 Secure and Control of the Crime Scene
Secure
Outer Perimeter
Inner Perimeter
Protect
Preserve
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HOW TO RESPOND TO A CRIME SCENE

1. Proceed to the crime scene to validate the information

received.
2. Record the exact time of arrival and all the pertinent
data regarding the incident in his issued pocket
notebook and notify the TPOC;
3. Self Preservation;
4. Cordon off the area and secure the crime scene with a
police line or whatever available material like ropes,
straws or human as barricade to preserve its integrity;
5. Check whether the situation still poses imminent
danger and call for back up if necessary;
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HOW TO RESPOND TO A CRIME SCENE

6. Evacuate the wounded to the nearest hospital using

emergency services;
7. Identify possible witnesses and conduct preliminary
interview and ensure their availability for the
incoming investigator-on-case;
8. Arrest the suspect/s if around or in instances wherein
the suspect/s is fleeing, make appropriate notification
for dragnet operations;
9. Prepare to take the “Dying Declaration” severely
injured persons.
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HOW TO RESPOND TO A CRIME SCENE

10. Account for the killed, wounded to the nearest hospital

using emergency services;
11. Prevent entry / exit of person/s within the
cordoned area;
12. Conduct initial investigation;
13. Brief the investigator-on-case upon arrival and turn
over the crime scene; and
14. Conduct inventory on the evidence taken at the crime
scene; inventory receipt should be properly signed by
the first responder, SOCO and the investigator.
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Tasks of the first responder….

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TASKS OF THE FR
IMMEDIATELY PROCEED TO THE CRIME SCENE TO
VALIDATE INFORMATION

 BASIC INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES UPON RECEIPT

OF CALL/WALK-IN COMPLAINANTS.
1. Record the time it was reported.
2. Get the identity of the caller/complaint.
3. Get the nature of the incidence.
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TASKS OF THE FR
4. Get the number of victim/s.
5. Record a brief synopsis of the incident.
6. Direct the nearest mobile car/beat patrollers
or the nearest police precinct to act as first
responder equipped with a camera
“PoliceLine” to secure the place of incident.
7. Inform the duty investigator (preferably one
team of investigators.
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TASKS OF THE FR
“Golden rule when proceeding”
Always consider personal safety - Essentially,
you are the first step in resolving the crime
incident.
CORDON
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TASKS OF THE FR
Quick Recognition of the Crime

Validate info from informant / witness(es)

Where is/are the victim(s)?
Where is/are the suspect(s)?

Relay the crime to the IOC (type or nature of

crime, location, time, people involved,
situation, etc.)
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TASKS OF THE FR

Evacuate / Isolate Injured

or Dying Person(s)
Perform First Aid
Notify ERT / Seek medical
emergencies
- Victim/s
Witness/es
Suspect/s
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TASKS OF THE FR
TAKE DYING
DECLARATION

- AT THE CRIME SCENE

-ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL

-ON HOSPITAL BED

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REQUISITES OF A DYING DECLARATION

•That the declaration relates to facts which the victim
is competent to testify.

That the declaration is offered in a case where in the

declarant’s death is the subject of the inquiry.

That death is eminent, and the declarant is

conscious about that fact. PNPM-DO-DS-3-2-13

That declaration refers to cause surrounding and

circumstances of such death.
 
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TASKS OF THE FR
Arrest or Pursue Suspect(s)

-Arrest suspect(s) if around.

-When suspect(s) is/are fleeing, make
appropriate notification for danger and dragnet
operations.
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7 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE IN

BOOKING OF ARRESTED SUSPECT

1. The recording of the arrest made in the police

blotter.
2. The pat down or strip search on the suspect.
3. The medical examination of the suspect’s
personal information.
4. The taking of the suspect’s personal information.
5. The taking of the fingerprint or tenprints.
6. The taking of the photograph or mug shots.
7. The lock-up of the suspects.
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TASKS OF THE FR

Assist the Investigator-on-case

& SOCO
5wS & 1h

SECURING AND PROTECTING

CONDUCTING INTERVIEW

CUSTODY OF SUSPECT/WITNESS
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TASKS OF THE FR

Prevent entry and exit in the

cordoned area
PEOPLE
VICTIM’S FAMILY
POLITICIANS
GOVERNMENT LOCAL OFFICALS
MEDIA
CROWD, emt, funeral pern’l

VEHICLE
ANIMAL
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TASKS OF THE FR
Make notes of possible witness

His personal circumstance

his information given
victim/s
suspect/s (flight route)
witness/es
crimes scene
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TASKS OF THE FR
Attend court duty

Security/protection

information gathered

observations made
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TASKS OF THE FR
 

 BRIEF THE
INVESTIGATOR-ON-CASE

circumstance of the crime

5 Ws & 1h
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FR SOP FORM

 This Form shall be brought by the FR and/or

IOC at the crime scene and shall be
accomplished by the FR at the On Scene
Command Post (OSCP)
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First responder Immediate Action

(RESPOND)
R- espond - mental notes (plan)
E- valuate - situation and threat
S- ecure - establish perimeter
P- rotect - safeguard the scene
O- observe - immediate surrounding
N- otify - EMT, family, Supervisor
D- ocument - the crime scene
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Thank You!