I was under the impression...
...that in real life, all the forensic work and fingerprinting were done by CSI's and they gave their results to the detectives. Or was I wrong?
"The fool hath said in his heart, 'There is no God.'" Psalm 14:1
Fingerprinting can be done by criminalists,"CSIs" or Latent Print Specialists. Detectives don't normally do the printing, though this may vary by state and jurisdiction. However, for the purposes of this show, the teams were filling all the different roles at the scene.
sharewhat Tammy said is correct. However, we all know that TV stretches and doctors real life as needed. If you watch CSI enough times, you'll see a CSI tell a deputy to arrest someone, when obviously they have no authority to do so.
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