Some Directions of using the Forensic Odorology in the Field of the Fixing Evidences in the Pre-Trial Proceedings in Ukraine

Abstract

All over the world, the issue of detecting crimes committed is the main task of the state and its law enforcement agencies. The detection of crimes and the prosecution of those who committed them are in most cases based on evidence gathered by law enforcement officers. The issue of evidence is also quite debatable, because the legislation of different countries perceives different aspects of evidence and the evidence itself. The article covers the issue of individual issues related to obtaining evidence with the help of specially trained dogs. These forms and methods were used by Ukrainian law enforcement officials during their stay in the international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. Currently, some evidence-gathering issues can be used in the process of investigating and prosecuting criminals with trained dogs. However, this area is not widely used, as there are a number of both practical and regulatory, as well as legislative problems. This direction in the activities of the police and other law enforcement agencies is called forensic odorology. The issue of using dogs in the process of detecting and investigating crimes is quite controversial and they are used differently in different countries.

Forensic olfaction employment for solving crimes

“…This approach does not comply with the provisions of legal proceedings (in particular, the use of a single biological detector during the examination at the scene and in further investigative (search) actions, conducting an olfaction study, allows lawyers to claim bias of experts and examination tools -special dogs). In this regard, researchers also note the different interpretations of evidence obtained through the use of specially trained dogs by state legislation (Zarosylo et al, 2020). Olfaction research concerns the legality of using detector dogs to search for various objects, such as weapons, drugs, etc., which are subsequently sent for this examination.…”

“…Voloshyn (2020) considered the rules for a dog handler with a sniffer dog to inspect the scene of an incident, provided some recommendations on typical places of detection of olfaction information and rules for the pursuit of a criminal who fled the scene. Scientists addressed the use of scent information by law enforcement dogs in performing various operational and service tasks, in particular during peacekeeping operations (Zarosylo et al, 2020). A.V.…”