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NCJ Number: 165166
Title: Environmental Investigations: A New Way of Thinking
Journal: Law Enforcement Technology Volume:23 Issue:10 Dated:(October 1996) Pages:94,96,98-99
Author(s): P Laska
Date Published: 1996
Page Count: 4
Type: Survey
Format: Article
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Annotation: Environmental investigations have become a growing facet of law enforcement, and criminal investigators have begun to recognize the importance of actively investigating and prosecuting environmental crimes.
Abstract: Environmental investigations bring together varied professionals and permit them to use their unique skills. Although police officers should be in control of these investigations, technical expertise can be provided by public health and hazardous waste regulators. Regulators operate within the civil system, while police officers answer to standards of the criminal justice system. Police officers should recognize that certain aspects of environmental cases are different from traditional criminal cases. Environmental investigators need specialized training in such areas as interviewing, evidence processing, scene documentation, and legal procedures. The Environmental Protection Agency offers training courses at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and environmental intelligence groups have been organized to facilitate information exchange and training programs. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires that anyone operating a hazardous waste site receive 40 hours of training. The prosecution of environmental crimes is discussed, and equipment needed to investigate environmental crimes is described. 2 photographs
Main Term(s): Criminology
Index Term(s): Criminal investigation; Environmental offenses; Illegal hazardous waste disposal; Police crime-prevention; Police pollution control enforcement; Science and Technology
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