Most of our work will take place outside the yellow tape. Spent ammunition, matchbooks, buttons, threads, blood drops, etc. are all important where they are . When called to the scene, please do not feel that you are being dispatched as an emergency responder. The scene is secured by emergency responders, and you do not have to drive Code Three to get there. Your personal vehicle is not considered an emergency vehicle.
Chaplains drive their own vehicles, and provide their own insurance.
Police Chaplains do not use red or blue lights on their personal vehicles and do not run red lights responding to call outs to Crime Scenes. If you have any reason to believe that you will come in contact with blood at a Crime Scene, ask the officer for latex gloves, or better yet, carry a pair in your pocket or somewhere on your person. It is too late after contact to find out that the blood was infected with HIV or some other contaminant. Our mission as Police Chaplains is a spiritual one. We are not auxiliary Police Officers or Crime Scene Technicians.