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62A – Motor Vehicle Investigations <br /> <br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 7 of 10 <br />viii. Direction of travel before and after the collision; and <br />ix. Number of passengers, if any, and their descriptions. <br /> <br />c. Descriptive information obtained shall immediately be communicated to <br />the dispatcher. <br />d. Officers shall search the area around the scene of the crash, the <br />automobile or other property which was struck, and the clothing of any <br />victim for physical evidence, including: <br /> <br />i. Personal property left behind by the offender; <br />ii. Glass fragments or paint chips; <br />NOTE: In the event a pedestrian is struck and injured, officers <br />should meet the ambulance at the hospital, if possible, to secure <br />any such evidence that may have been dislodged from the victim's <br />clothing during transport. Also, hospital personnel should be <br />requested to give the victim's clothing and any associated paint <br />chips or glass fragments to police. <br />iii. Pieces of chrome or grill work; <br />iv. Hub caps; <br />v. Tire marks; <br />vi. Oil, gas or water marks leading away from the scene; <br />vii. Mud or dirt dislodged on impact; and <br />viii. Video from any likely security cameras. <br /> <br />e. Photographs and measurements shall be taken at the scene when <br />required. <br />f. Officers shall examine the person and clothing of the victim. Particularly <br />important are traces of paint or parts of the vehicle. If necessary, an <br />officer may take and preserve articles of clothing or other samples of <br />evidence, such as hair, blood, etc. Outer clothing should be examined for <br />indentations left by impact points of the suspect auto, as these may serve <br />to identify the vehicle. If such indentations exist, the clothing should be <br />carefully preserved to prevent their obliteration. See also Department <br />policies 41M - Search and Seizure and 83B - Property and Evidence <br />Control. <br />g. Officers should be observant for persons foreign to the scene or persons <br />behaving in a suspicious manner. <br />h. When appropriate, officers should conduct a door-to-door canvas of <br />residences and businesses in the vicinity of the hit and run scene. Often, <br />persons who did witness some aspect of the incident are reluctant to <br />come forward and must be sought out by the police. <br />i. A preliminary search for the suspect car and driver shall be conducted as <br />soon as possible. <br />j. Neighboring police departments and the State Police should be notified <br />and given as complete a description as is then available. <br />k. The media may be contacted to alert and enlist the aid of the public in <br />locating the suspect vehicle and driver. The Public Information Officer