EQ: What is most important to a criminal investigator when collecting evidence leading to a conviction?
Answer:
When collecting evidence you cannot for any reason go around the law and protocols.
This is probably the most important thing to remember when you are collecting evidence because if it is not collected properly it will not be used in court no matter how compelling or if it makes the suspect look guilty it has to be thrown out. This is stated in California's and the federal evidence codes.
Sources:
Mary Prang, my 4th interview
Summary of the rules do evidence,has the evidence codes and explains them clearly
Independent component 2, learning about chain of custody and the evidence gathering process by figuring out crimes at crime scene.com.
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