Becoming an investigator?

Question

i have recently seen a few questions about people who want to know what it takes to become an investigator, i too have asked this question my anser which gave me which people allegedally thought was the right answer and false infomation, so i just don't know what to believe. now my question is if you are a true cop you should know the answer, name every step to becoming a csi, and name at least on 2 other names for a csi. first one to get it will get best answer want to prove you are trustworthy, go ahead, and good luck

Answer 1

There is no job like you see on CSI.  There are three jobs in real life that are involved.

Police Crime Scene Technicians only collect evidence.  They package it, turn it in, write a report, and go to the next scene.

Forensic Scientists stay in the lab.  They have no badges or guns, do no investigations, make no arrests.  They only do the science.

Police Detectives take the evidence and use it to solve the case.  They interview witnesses and handle all aspects of the investigation.

You need to decide which job you are interested in.

Answer 2

The Crime Scene Unit is composed of NYPD detectives (or occasionally police officers that are awaiting their promotion to detective), not civilian technicians like crime scene units in other parts of the U.S. Generally these detectives come from an Evidence Collection Team which is operated at the borough level. Many of the Police Officers that originally started in the Evidence Collection Team have gone on to transfer to the Crime Scene Unit and become Detectives. This transfer is difficult (due to the change from the Patrol Services Bureau to the Detective Bureau, as well as the fact that there are over 150 members of the various Evidence Collection Teams usually vying for one or two slots in Crime Scene. This is in New Your City.