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Article: Crime-scene cleanup: it is estimated that only about 20 percent of death scenes are cared for by a trained company or staff. The other 80 percent is left to family, friends or someone else.
- Article from:
- ICS Cleaning Specialist
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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The world is an ever-changing place. In the last two years there have been a growing number of violent incidents occurring across the country. We have seen an increase in the number of suicides raking place, domestic violence is growing in frequency, and the murder rate is rising.
In light of these events, there has been an increase in the demand for crime-scene cleanup personnel. With this demand comes the usual jump in new start-up companies; the bad thing is that so few actually know what they are doing. Many of these companies are approaching scene cleanup with an "on-the-job training," mentality, a foolhardy proposition at best, These scenes are far too ...