- Is an art which deals with the identity and location of the offender and provides evidence of guilt through criminal proceedings.

- Refers to a person who is charged with the duty of carrying on the objectives of criminal investigation.

The collection of facts

- A process of applying special equipment and special expertise.

- A venue or place where the alleged crime/incident/event has been committed.

is another order in writing issued in the name of the People of the Philippines, signed by the judge and directed to a peace officer commanding him to search for personal property and bring it before the court.

An order in writing issued in the name of the People of the Phil., signed by the judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to take a person into custody in order that he may be found to answer for the commission of an offense.

a crime committed by peace officers who arrest members of Congress who are immune from arrest.

- Directly addressed to the senses of the court. Referred to as real evidence or evidence by “autoptic preference”.

- Consist of writing or any material containing modes of written expression (words, numbers, figures & symbols) offered as proof of their contents.

- Submitted to the court through the testimony or deposition of a witness.

- Proves the fact in dispute without aid of any inference or presumption.

- Proof of facts from which taken singly/collectively the existence of the particular fact in dispute may be inferred as a necessary/probable consequence. It is evidence of relevant collateral facts.

- Evidence of the same kind and to the same state of facts.

- Additional evidence of a different character to the same point.

- That which, standing alone is sufficient to maintain the proposition affirmed.

- Conducted by law enforcement officers after a person has been arrested or deprived of his freedom of action.

- Principle on the rights of a suspect from forced self-incrimination during police interrogation as enshrined

- It is necessary for many crimes involving drugs, gangs, and terrorism and multidisciplinary approach, multijurisdictional investigation, metro crime teams and special investigation units.

- The person responsible for and in charge of the investigation of a case.

- A definite target-specific activity conducted in relation to an intelligence project under which it is affected. Several case operations may fall under one intelligence project.

- A factor or circumstance sufficient to convince a person of normal intelligence that a suspect was probably involved in a specific crime.