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Abstract: Forensic photography is performed in uncontrolled environments where photographic and other devices are exposed to both direct impacts (blood and body fluids, dust/soot, chemical residues, water, mechanical impacts) and indirect risks, turning the equipment into a reservoir and a means of transferring traces and contamination between objects, different areas and subsequent examinations. Typically, personal protective equipment (PPE) is considered as a barrier to protect personnel, but the same barrier logic can be symmetrically applied to equipment through different layers of protective coatings, touch interface control, zoning (HOT/WARM/COLD), role separation, sealing before transport and staged decontamination. This report proposes a protocol that combines physical contamination control with digital integrity control (metadata, controlled transfer, hashing) so that images and devices are processed in a defensible manner within the framework of quality management.
Keywords — crime scene investigation, equipment protection, forensic photography, personal protective equipment (PPE).