Corona virus workload

[josher89]

Has anyone seen a change in volume of cases coming in due to this pandemic? Or is it too soon to tell?

[ekuadam]

I spoke with our Crime Scene Unit today and they said they seem to be seeing no increase in calls. I am interested in how other labs are doing their work? I know some labs have modified schedules to limit amount of people in building at one time. Here some of us work in lab tuesday/thursday and others are monday/wednesday. And we work from home rest of week (mainly doing analysis, etc). I have heard other labs doing the same.

[SConner]

Crime Scene Unit guy here. Not much change, we're essential, of course. We've made some or are thinking about making some changes to how we approach scenes. If at all possible, victims will be photographed outside, don't worry about scaling an injury unless it's size relevant like bite mark or instrument made, clear out businesses of patrons and employees for processing, wear a mask if the person you're contacting is showing symptoms, emphasizing hygiene, etc. But call wise, nope we're still getting requested to everything we did before including neighbor's dog bit me on my leg and the officer on scene wants photos of the injury. We actually just implemented a schedule change with reduced working hours that will mean no overlap between shifts, 15 minutes between one shift leaving and another shift coming in.

The other side of the house is on a modified A Team and B Team schedule. Two days on, two days working from home. Neither "Team" is supposed to have contact with each other.