CosmicBills Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Quick question ... are Crime Scene Photographers actually officers or cops ... or do police departments sub out their work to private contractor types? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Varies by location. Some departments can justify the cost of a full time photographer (or more) while others might not have the budget for a full time photographer and contract it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Varies by location. Some departments can justify the cost of a full time photographer (or more) while others might not have the budget for a full time photographer and contract it out Does that mean it's possible for a guy to become a cop, not have the heart for it, and instead of taking a "desk job" switch his focus to being a forensic photographer for the department? I know that's a vague question ... I'm just working on something that deals with forensic photography and I know nothing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Does that mean it's possible for a guy to become a cop, not have the heart for it, and instead of taking a "desk job" switch his focus to being a forensic photographer for the department? I know that's a vague question ... I'm just working on something that deals with forensic photography and I know nothing about it. Then just make **** up, like everyone else in your industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Then just make **** up, like everyone else in your industry. True. It will probably make for better TV than a guy who just happned to be standing by a door and the srageant handed him a camera and said, "get in the car we're going for a drive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Then just make **** up, like everyone else in your industry. Or just rewrite something that's already been done a dozen times more, add a new catch phrase and cast someone like Tracy Morgan and Collin Farrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Does that mean it's possible for a guy to become a cop, not have the heart for it, and instead of taking a "desk job" switch his focus to being a forensic photographer for the department? I know that's a vague question ... I'm just working on something that deals with forensic photography and I know nothing about it. I know someone that has done forensic photography for hire, but not sure on their arrangement. Shoot me a PM with an email address that I can pass on to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellDressed Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Would you care to know how to properly & legally choke a B word?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrojanitor Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Quick question ... are Crime Scene Photographers actually officers or cops ... or do police departments sub out their work to private contractor types? I debated getting into this field back when i was switching away from film production. All the research I did at the time (2000-2001) implied that the job was subcontract. Also paid horribly, like $20K/yr tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB27 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Depends on the department/agency. Some larger departments have full time crime scene tech people who do all the crime scene work, but usually it is a uniformed cop who has extra training in crime scene investigation and responds to crime scenes and does the documentation and evidence collection. In the federal world we usually use the locals (the uniformed cop with extra training). FBI has ERT's (Evidence Recovery Team) which is a group of agents with special training. I have never in my 16 years of LE employment seen a department contract out the actual crime scene work. The lab work, sure, but never the crime scene photography or evidence collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thanks for all the responses, even the wise ass ones (not naming names ... cough - TOM - cough ). Appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thanks for all the responses, even the wise ass ones (not naming names ... cough - TOM - cough ). Appreciate it! No problem. Good luck with CSI:Cloverfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 No problem. Good luck with CSI:Cloverfield. You're closer than you realize. ... which sucks for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 Depends on the department/agency. Some larger departments have full time crime scene tech people who do all the crime scene work, but usually it is a uniformed cop who has extra training in crime scene investigation and responds to crime scenes and does the documentation and evidence collection. In the federal world we usually use the locals (the uniformed cop with extra training). FBI has ERT's (Evidence Recovery Team) which is a group of agents with special training. I have never in my 16 years of LE employment seen a department contract out the actual crime scene work. The lab work, sure, but never the crime scene photography or evidence collection. BB, can you give me some more info on the ERT's? That actually sounds like a better solution for what I'm going for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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