CSI Vs PIRO
As a child growing up, I was always amazed by the works of those in the criminal justice field. While those around me hated the police, and always had something negative to say about them, I on the other hand didn’t. I saw them as human beings, who put their life at risk on a daily base just to make our society a much safer place to live in, and I guess others had failed to see that. As I got older my love for the criminal justice field only grew deeper, I found myself watching a lot of criminal justice shows like Dateline on ID, 20/20, Snapped, Homicide Hunter with Joe Kenda and later on How to get away with murder and killer couples. From there on I realized that it was not the law enforcement I was interested in but investigating crime scene.
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While some people tend to think PIRO are similar to Crime Scene Investigator, there are actually a few characteristics that make CSI and PIRO different. PIRO job is to collect evidence at a crime scene whereas a CSI job is to investigate suspect and to determine if evidence is sufficient to recommend prosecution. A PIRO job involves finding pieces of evidence left behind by the killer. Their job requires the use of an alternative light source to find hair, fibers, and shoeprint, and also they use chemical and powder to lift latent fingerprints from the surface, that the killer may have left behind (“Police Identification and Record Officers”).According to Onet a career website, after collecting these evidence, “they Identify, compare, classify, and file fingerprints, using systems such as Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) or the Henry Classification System.” Anyone familiar with AFIS system should know it is a database that houses fingerprints, tattoos, mug shot scars, height, weight and criminal histories of known suspect and terrorist. When a fingerprint is submitted to this database, the system produces a list of possible matches that is already on file. This database has made it easier when identifying the suspect of a crime. Another part of PIRO job is to take pictures of the scene for evidence records they later process or print these pictures. They then submit these evidence to their supervisors, crime labs, and court officials. Apart from field and lab work, PIRO has to testify and present the evidence they found in court during prosecution of the
While some people tend to think PIRO are similar to Crime Scene Investigator, there are actually a few characteristics that make CSI and PIRO different. PIRO job is to collect evidence at a crime scene whereas a CSI job is to investigate suspect and to determine if evidence is sufficient to recommend prosecution. A PIRO job involves finding pieces of evidence left behind by the killer. Their job requires the use of an alternative light source to find hair, fibers, and shoeprint, and also they use chemical and powder to lift latent fingerprints from the surface, that the killer may have left behind (“Police Identification and Record Officers”).According to Onet a career website, after collecting these evidence, “they Identify, compare, classify, and file fingerprints, using systems such as Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) or the Henry Classification System.” Anyone familiar with AFIS system should know it is a database that houses fingerprints, tattoos, mug shot scars, height, weight and criminal histories of known suspect and terrorist. When a fingerprint is submitted to this database, the system produces a list of possible matches that is already on file. This database has made it easier when identifying the suspect of a crime. Another part of PIRO job is to take pictures of the scene for evidence records they later process or print these pictures. They then submit these evidence to their supervisors, crime labs, and court officials. Apart from field and lab work, PIRO has to testify and present the evidence they found in court during prosecution of the