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[Melissa] We are in the Centre for Justice Leadership building.
Here we have all of our machines that we use,
um, a lot of our fingerprinting, dusting vents,
basically all the stuff we use on a day to day basis
and the majority of our classes are taken in here.
[Cassandra] We also have a crime scene studio
where we set up, um, and stage a crime scene
and then solve it.
We also have interview rooms
where we do interviews and interrogations for assignments.
[Melissa] Today, we did our mock in the crime scene studio.
The whole class was divided into groups.
One group, depending on which week, would go in and stage a crime scene,
and then one group, the following week,
would go in and investigate the crime scene.
Did you partake in the robbery or the assault
that happened at this address?
Mm, 'kay.
We had to go in and plant different evidence.
So including, like, fingerprints, bodily fluids,
and, uh, different piece of evidence
like a point of entry, a point of exit.
And they had to investigate it with only, like, a 911 dispatch call,
just an overview of it.
[Cassandra] We had to do a regular walkthrough
and make sure there is a path of contamination.
And we had to photograph the evidence and seize it.
And now we would be processing the evidence that we collected.
And just going over our notes, making sure everything's alright.
[Melissa] Now, we have to have all of our evidence together,
and we had to lead it to that suspect in some sort of way.
For this program, we're not doing a mock trial,
we're doing a voir dire, which is a trial inside of a trial.
Fingerprints and the baseball bat will be argued in court
if it was collected properly, uh, processed properly,
and if it has any admissibility within going into a court case trial.
[Cassandra] I was the photographer
taking photographs of the evidence in the crime scene.
I did video of this way. Did you wanna do every side?
[camera shutter clicks]
'Kay. Did you want me to get a close up of that?
[Melissa] I was a police officer in my role today.
And my job with a fellow partner was to interview everyone,
including the onscene officer
and to collect as much information as possible.
So basically, that would include,
like, the who, what, where, when, and how.
There is a current investigation going on.
And after speaking to some witnesses that were at the scene,
we have one that positively identifies you
and your physical attributes.
Could we- can I see your hands please? [Cassandra] I felt prepared
going into the scene, but you can only prepare for so much.
You, you don't know what you're walking into.
[Melissa] It does feel real in the sense that,
obviously, no crime scene is the same.
So we treat it as, like, as real as we can,
just so we're as prepared as we can be for the real world.
Going to Humber and going through the PFP, Police Foundations,
and seeing the CSI program,
which I originally didn't even plan on taking,
but now that I've taken it, like,
I do love it here, and it's a great school.
It has given me everything that I have to offer,
and, hopefully, it'll make me a really good person in my field one day.
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