§ 3 — Boundaries of the field of expertise Standards Forensic Weapon and Ammunition Examination (006.1)
Boundaries of the field of expertise
Within the practice of the Forensic Weapon and Ammunition Examination field of expertise, the expert will come into contact with other fields of expertise, which are not part of his expertise.
The expert in Forensic Weapon and Ammunition Examination is aware of the possibilities and restrictions of the fields of expertise mentioned below:
Crime scene examination
3 Crime Scene Examinations, as performed by the Police (FO) are, for the time being, not recognised in the Netherlands as a field of expertise, see also Judicial surveys (Dutch), 30 (4) 2004, 72-83.
The expert in Forensic Weapon and Ammunition Examination can assist and advise the police on site when searching, describing, recording, interpreting and securing marks and carriers of marks of shooting incidents on and around the crime scene.
In doing so, the expert will focus on:
– advising on the approach of the technical examination, in particular bullet trajectory reconstructions on the basis of shot damage,
– providing expert advice on safety with respect to the crime scene examination,
– making weapons secure in unsafe situations (weapons from burnt out cars or under water),
– proposing possible hypotheses or scenarios,
– advising regarding potential forensic follow-up examinations.
Gunshot Residue Examination field of expertise
The Gunshot Residue Examination field of expertise concerns itself with:
– Ballistics on clothing and/or post mortem examination
– Gunshot residue examination
– Examination of the hand and /or sleeve used for shooting
– Examination of micro marks on weapons and ammunition
Pathology field of expertise
The Pathology field of expertise comprises the determination of the victim’s cause of death. It is also determined whether the identified shooting is the cause of the death.
Explosions and Explosives Examination field of expertise
The Explosions and Explosives field of expertise is primarily deals with the following investigation:
– Examination of intact factory produced and improvised explosive constructions
– Identification of intact presumably explosive substances and possible raw materials for explosives
– Research of explosions
Usually, Explosions and Explosives examinations concern incidents other than shooting incidents.
Field of expertise of 006.2 Assessment regarding the Weapons and Ammunition Act
The field of expertise of Assessment regarding the Weapons and Ammunition Act focuses on:
– Investigation regarding the section of law regarding Weapons and Munitions under which the firearm falls
– Investigation regarding the grounds for exemption
– All essential related extensive weapon-technical examination.
- Regeling
- Standards Forensic Weapon and Ammunition Examination (006.1)
- Soort
- ZBO-regeling
- Geldend vanaf
- 12-12-2016
- BWB-id
- BWBR0039081
- Versie
- 2016-12-12_0