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Name	PER-228 Crime Scene Investigations for Hazardous Environments
	This course addresses response in a hazardous environment, with emphasis on evidence collection and recovery, as well as the paradigm shifts that are required for crime scene investigators to safely conduct a crime scene investigation in these types of environments. The course is designed so that participants will develop the required knowledge, skills, and ability to investigate a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive (CBRNE), toxic industrial chemical (TIC), or hazardous environment crime scene for the identification, documentation, presumptive field testing, preservation, and collection for laboratory analysis of CBRNE/TIC and non-CBRNE/TIC forensic evidence.
Target Audience	Law Enforcement
Course Objective	•Name three crime scene considerations for CBRNEITIC-contaminated environments •Analyze and present case studies involving CBRNE/TIC agents or materials •Differentiate the functions and responsibilities of the CBRNE crime scene investigation unit (CSIU) Group members •Examine the FBI's 12-step process for crime scene management as it relates to the operations of a CBRNE CSIU Group •Explain why effective monitoring and detection is essential at a hazardous environment crime scene, contaminated with CBRNE/TIC agents or materials •Relate knowledge of chemical and physical properties of materials to effective monitoring and detection •Locate, document, collect, and preserve physical evidence from a mock CBRNE/TIC-contaminated crime scene •Field-screen evidence using pH paper, radiation detectors, photoionization detectors, and a combustible gas indicator •Select appropriate PPE based on hazard and risk assessment, types of harm, hazard physical state, concern level, and amount •Re
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