The primary job duties of a Firearm Examiner are to identify, collect, preserve,
examine, and interpret the physical evidence associated with specific criminal acts. Physical
evidence is any tangible entity associated with an event under investigation (crime, accident,
lawsuit), the analysis of which stands to associate an individual with the event, establish an element
of a crime or tort, corroborate or disprove an alibi, and/or determine the manner in which an event
occurred.
The job duties of a Firearm Examiner have been grouped into job duty areas:
- Collection of Evidence
Examiners examine crime scenes and articles found related to a crime to identify the evidentiary value or potential of an item or object as it is encountered in an organized search routine. The Examiner must determine and use the appropriate skills and tools 2 to select, remove, package, and protect the physical evidence in a manner which best maintains the integrity of evidence gathered.
- Preservation of Evidence
A Firearm Examiner performs activities to best preserve physical evidence, including:
latent evidence, trace and microscopic evidence, and the crime scene in general. Examiners must
mark evidence properly and ensure the containing of all evidence collected is consistent with
legal and scientific standards.
- Examination of Evidence
The examination of evidence is the process of inspecting/testing physical evidence by
performing the appropriate techniques to obtain forensically useful information. This
necessitates a knowledge of the historical development of firearm identification.
Examiners must also prioritize procedures and preserve appropriate samples for any subsequent
forensic analysis. Examiners must be knowledgeable about appropriate sample sizes, standards,
control mechanisms, and testing conditions for performing various types of evidentiary examination
procedures
Related Careers
By being a Forensic Firearm Examiner comes with it's perks. Being this type of examiner comes with a broad range of other job opportunities such as:
Police Officer
Federal Burea of Investigation
Forensic Lab Tech.
Geneticist
& many more! . . . . . .
examine, and interpret the physical evidence associated with specific criminal acts. Physical
evidence is any tangible entity associated with an event under investigation (crime, accident,
lawsuit), the analysis of which stands to associate an individual with the event, establish an element
of a crime or tort, corroborate or disprove an alibi, and/or determine the manner in which an event
occurred.
The job duties of a Firearm Examiner have been grouped into job duty areas:
- Collection of Evidence
Examiners examine crime scenes and articles found related to a crime to identify the evidentiary value or potential of an item or object as it is encountered in an organized search routine. The Examiner must determine and use the appropriate skills and tools 2 to select, remove, package, and protect the physical evidence in a manner which best maintains the integrity of evidence gathered.
- Preservation of Evidence
A Firearm Examiner performs activities to best preserve physical evidence, including:
latent evidence, trace and microscopic evidence, and the crime scene in general. Examiners must
mark evidence properly and ensure the containing of all evidence collected is consistent with
legal and scientific standards.
- Examination of Evidence
The examination of evidence is the process of inspecting/testing physical evidence by
performing the appropriate techniques to obtain forensically useful information. This
necessitates a knowledge of the historical development of firearm identification.
Examiners must also prioritize procedures and preserve appropriate samples for any subsequent
forensic analysis. Examiners must be knowledgeable about appropriate sample sizes, standards,
control mechanisms, and testing conditions for performing various types of evidentiary examination
procedures
Related Careers
By being a Forensic Firearm Examiner comes with it's perks. Being this type of examiner comes with a broad range of other job opportunities such as:
Police Officer
Federal Burea of Investigation
Forensic Lab Tech.
Geneticist
& many more! . . . . . .