Detectives

A detective is needed in almost every investigation that takes place, in a way they are similar to the police but they have much more knowledge which means they can investigate the crime that has taken place more thoroughly and in more detail. Their main role is to gather facts and collect evidence about the crime so that they can 'paint a picture' of what might have happened. If a detective attended a different investigation then their roles and responsibilities may change as each investigation will be different to the previous, for example if it was a robbery then the detective would not have to make the same actions as if the crime was a murder.


OJ Simpson:

In the OJ Simpson case where Orenthal James Simpson had allegedly killed Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman there was only one main detective which was Mark Fuhrman. He had a very big part to play in the investigation and also found a key piece of evidence that placed OJ Simpson at the crime scene, the piece of evidence was the glove that he found when unlawfully searching OJ's house without a permit, it was later believed that their was a chance that he planted the glove in the house as he was openly racist but this was never confirmed. His role in the investigation was to keep tabs on the other people in the investigation (and give orders) and to try to link the evidence found to OJ so that he could use it in court.