Mike Miller, MetroPOLICE shown here at a recent "death scene" with the rough sketch he made of the area which he planned to electronically document with his total station. Rough Sketches recommended at both Crash and Crime scene investigations.
 

Dave Bean, recipient of the highly acclaimed J.Standard Baker Award for his Excellence to Traffic Professionalism, shown here describing some scenes that he mapped for students of a FMS class in Virginia.  Dave recently retired from the Fairfax Co. Police, Virginia, and was the lead investigator who alerted NHTSA to the latch problems associated with Chrysler van which soon lead to a nationwide recall of that year and model Chrysler Vans.  Dave now works indirectly for NHTSA reconstructing certain types of vehicle damage for statical purposes.  Good Luck Dave in your "retirement"!!

Keeping important notes on FMS concept

Physical evidence that would be otherwise hard to document discovered inside a large Ford SUV didn't keep a AFOSI agent/forensic consultant recently from using her creative skills in positioning her total station for said purpose.

A western state police department takes a Stress Break while Documenting
evidence locations at the scene

Supplemental crush pattern technique

Industry standard 30mm prism. 
Question-1:  Are prisms necessary for a total station to measure angles?
Yes or No
Question-2:  All classifications of total stations must utilize a prism for determining distances.
True or False

Coral Springs PD (FL) electronically documenting a crush pattern from a pickup truck involved in fatal crash

Perfect setup for using STCV control code!!

Whitfield County (GA) Sheriff's Traffic Investigation/Enforcement Unit, Dalton GA

Positioning instrument for profiling of crush dimensions

Positioning instrument for profiling of crush dimensions

Coral Springs PD practicing VERTICAL SCENE MAPPING on this 'special ops'
vehicle.  Remember to position Instrument a distance away from the Scene itself in order to use 'rough sight' effectively

A view from behind the instrument.
Roswell, Georgia

Roswell, Georgia hard at work

Roswell, Georgia hard at work

Getting ready to map out crush damage on a small car in Roswell, GA

Denver PD diagramming a fatal crash

Sgt. Chuck Stack, KCPD, investigating a wreck

Choose a Vantage Point from which to position RP1 so that 1) all relevant evidence points can be seen unobstructed and 2) on a sunny day, so that the sun's position is to your back.

Sgt. Stack, KCSD, checking out a different Total Station (reflectorless).

Precisely documenting scene data by Maui PD

Documenting a Scene
in California (10/99)

Texas Hwy. Patrol practice
"safe mapping" at a recent Scene

Deputies from the Kent County Sheriff's Dept. (MI) prepare to electronically diagram the inside of their inmate receiving area

Lt. Bob Fair and Officer Sandy Difffurth, Sherman PD (TX) discuss shocking features of the SDR cable

As shown here by Sherman PD (TX) forensic investigator, the task of Aiming, Focusing and Acquiring the Coordinate can be done in one fluid motion to save time at the scene

Sherman PD (TX) shows one viable method for determining coordinate to evidence.  Any 'target height' change needs to be recorded in SDR

Studying C/P/X techniques

C.A.I.T. members doing Vertical Scene Mapping of SPD Hq (TX)

With a device called a 'tripod star' the tripod can be positioned
safely on any surface

Here's Monica Shirey sitting at a
programmers desk at the new offices of MicroS_rvey in Westbank BC, the home of "MapScenes" software

OK City PD responding to an "out-of-level" call!

Muskegon (MI) Police officer M. Shirey prepares to determine distance to evidence point.