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The Crime Scene Section responds, at the request of law enforcement agencies in Greenville County, to provide photographic documentation and the collection and preservation of physical evidence. We also provide services in the area of crime scene reconstruction and video analysis. These services are offered on an equal basis to all agencies. The Crime Scene Section responds to calls involving deaths and serious injury along with a wide variety of major and minor property crimes.

The Section is staffed on a twenty-four hour, seven-day per week basis. All employees of the Crime Scene Section are police officers, certified by the State of South Carolina, and must have at least two years of prior service as a commissioned law enforcement officer. Although not currently required, most employees have college degrees in related fields of study. Employees routinely receive advanced forensic training in areas such as blood pattern analysis, fingerprint matters, accident investigation, and homicide investigation. Employees are responsible for the follow up processing of evidence they collect from the crime scene along with the preparation of detailed reports detailing their crime scene investigation. They are required to give testimony in judicial proceedings on a regular basis regarding their crime scene investigations and actions taken.

The Crime Scene Section also maintains a digital database of photographs they have taken on crime scenes. In an effort to provide more efficient and customer oriented services to our client agencies, this system has been networked to the Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, Greenville Police Department, and Greenville County Coroner’s Office. This system allows them “read only” access to the database of photographs and gives them the ability to print photographs from the database.

The Crime Scene Section is currently staffed with twelve crime scene officers.

Contact Information
Department of Public Safety
Crime Scene Section
20 McGee Street
Greenville, SC 29601
Main Telephone:
864-250-5540
Lieutenant/Supervisor:
864-250-5541
Fax:
864-250-5548