Investigation No No’s
- No trespassing.
Why? Going to jail for trespassing; this make all investigators look bad.
- No drinking or drugs should be consumed prior to an investigation or during review of your evidence.
Why? It leaves too much room for blame your experience and interpretation of it on the influence of the drug or alcohol element.
- No smoking in location or on the property during the gathering or obtaining of evidence.
Why? Doing so is disrespectful of the location, it could cover up phantom smells and/or lead to false positives (erroneous/man-made) in photographic evidence
- No perfume or cologne.
Why? Phantom smells are harder to detect when there are other smells in the area.
- No dangling or clinking jewelry or key chains.
Why? These noises can create false positives in your audio evidence.
- Do not dismantle, or dig without permission.
Why? Its simply destructive and bad business practice.
- Do not whisper .
Why? It makes analyzing audio recordings difficult and can be easily mistaken for EVP
- Do not attach anything to walls, woodwork furniture floors etc… with tape that is not easily removable.
Why? It can irreparably damage property that is not yours
- Do not bring young children.
Why? Generally, children cannot follow protocol well and the noises they make and the things they do create all sorts of false positives in the evidence of investigations. Care should be taken in choosing at what age and in what capacity to allow children involvement with an investigation.
- Do not bring animals.
Why? Same as for the children mentioned above. With that said animals can be brought in for short periods of time for experimental and reaction based evidence collection