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3D CRIME SCENE SCANNING- EVOLUTION,
3D CRIME SCENE SCANNING- EVOLUTION,
DOCUMENTING AND ANALYZING A FIRE SCENE
DOCUMENTING AND ANAL YZING A FIRE SCENE

Dr. Satendra Yadav
Public Safety Expert & Crime Scene
Trainerr, Leica Geosystems, Switzerland

The resource person for this session, Dr. Sa-
tendra Yadav. He talked about 3D Crime

Scene Scanning and its evolution. He ex- geo-coordinates they were able to conclude
plained how 3D scanning technology began that it was not the vehicle’s fault but rath-
and why documentation is necessary espe- er the angle of the road that was faulty.
cially when it comes to trials. He then pro-
ceeded to show various new technologies that

could be used to document and take neces- different text books and research papers
sary measurements of the crime scene. He which have devised new crime scene recon-
cited instances from real life cases that he had struction techniques in the past. Students

worked on where he had used photogramme- were able to understand the different the-
try as a means of documenting a crime scene. ories which have led to today’s accepted
One of them was about a road acci- reconstruction techniques. The resource
dent case, for which with the help of the person finally explained the advantages and

tamper-proof nature of 3D crime scene doc-
umentation technology. He used two case
CRIME SCENE RECONSTRUCTION- FROM examples from his field experience to explain
CRIME SCENE RECONSTRUCTION- FROM
TION TO THE FUTURE
THE FOUNDATION TO THE FUTURE the crime scene documentation techniques
THE FOUNDA
that are put in practice and how blood spatter
Mr. Zachery Kowalske analysis and bullet trajectory analysis help in
Detective & Crime Scene Reconstructionist crime scene reconstruction to a great deal.
Roswell Police Department, Georgia, US He took the delegates and students

through the process of crime scene doc-
The resource person for this session Mr. umentation used in two high profile cas-

Zachery Kowalske is a Detective & Crime es that he had investigated. Students
Scene Reconstructionist at Roswell Po- could understand the great detail to which
lice Department, Georgia, United States. a crime scene has to be analysed in or-
Mr. Zachery touched upon the different der to make it reconstructable in the lab.

crime scene reconstruction techniques that
were covered in the previous sessions and
explained how they occupy the recent trend
in crime scene documentation. After this,

the resource person took the delegates
and students through the different crime
scene reconstruction techniques as postu-
lated by different renowned reconstruc-

tionists in the past. He showed glimpses of