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A Crime Scene Investigator Gets No Sleep
When you decide to become a crime scene investigator you have a lot
of responsibility to take on. This is no nine to five job that you will be doing.
You will losing a lot of sleep. There will be times when you just lie down and
close your eyes and the phone will ring. You have to answer and you have to
go to the crime scene no matter what sort of excuses you could muster up. Even
if a crime scene investigator hasn’t slept in over 24 hours, he/she will
have to be able to get every last bit of evidence on the crime scene.
When you decide to get into this field of work, you must have good ambition
and not give up, no matter what else may be going on in your life. You can’t
get distracted from your work. If you do, you could miss a very important piece
of evidence that could be very critical to the crime and in solving it. A crime
scene investigator may not be in the media’s light on many cases, but
their efforts are not ignored.
If you choose to become a crime scene investigator you will be overseeing very
complex crime scenes. These all include homicide, sexual assaults, home invasions,
property crimes, armed robberies, and the list can go on and on. A crime scene
investigator works in their office usually Monday through Friday and on standby
duty on the weekends and after hours. They are also expected to respond to those
emergency calls which can be at any time of the day or night.
To be a crime scene investigator, you must have a good eye for detail, be in
good physical shape, know how to use and handle a firearm, and be in outstanding
mental health. You must be able to work in any type of weather conditions as
well. If you are interested in becoming a crime scene investigator, you should
do your research and make a well thought out decision about it.
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