Cordon
Definition
The physical barrier (tape, cones, officers) that separates the protected scene from the outside world. Set deliberately wide and reduced only when specific areas are cleared, never expanded once the scene is active.
Related terms
- Contamination
- The introduction of foreign material into a scene, or the displacement of existing material within it, by any person or environmental factor...
- Crime Scene Sketch
- A measured, overhead-view drawing of the scene produced to scale. Unlike a photograph, it records spatial relationships and distances that are free...
- Primary Scene
- The location where the main criminal event occurred: where the body was found, where the attack took place, where a safe was...
- Scene Notes
- The contemporaneous written record kept by the first officer and later by the scene examiner. Notes are time-stamped, sequential, and admissible: they...
- Secondary Scene
- Any location linked to the crime but separate from the main event: a vehicle used to transport a victim, a disposal site,...
Explained in
- The Crime Scene: Types, Securing and DocumentationThe physical barrier (tape, cones, officers) that separates the protected scene from the outside world. Set deliberately wide and reduced only when specific ar...