Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Crime Scene Investigations - Novel Concept of Crime Scene Investigations

Forensic Res Criminol Int J 2017, 4(1): 00094 enforcement agencies must be able to quickly and effectively secure a crime scene and preserve evidence for use in court and criminal proceedings. In the event of a major crime such as a homicide, getting evidence quickly becomes an extremely critical problem. Footprints, tire tracks and other evidence that is easy to disturb may be left at the crime scene, making walking through the area undesirable. One might think how we could avoid these practical difficulties. Technology of the twenty first century has an answer to these problems in the form of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in crime scene investigation. In this paper, the concept of using unmanned aerial vehicles is presented in crime scene investigations. UAVs could be used not only for crime scene investigation but also in exercises like traffic accident investigation, traffic patrol assistance and traffic congestion analysis, explosive ordnance disposal, crowd control applications, disaster response, fire damage assessment, fire scene control, fire Investigation etc. This makes the use of UAV’s in police and forensic investigation extremely convenient.