On the issue of the use of an underwater drone during the study of drowned bodies: scientific review

Abstract

Relevance. The article describes the effectiveness of an unmanned underwater vehicle (underwater drone) in the search for drowned people in reservoirs, as well as the impact of an underwater drone on the production of forensic examination of drowned corpses. The purpose is to establish the norms of legislation regulating the procedure for the use of an underwater drone in the process of forensic support of crime investigations. Materials and methods. The materials of the study were the norms of legislation regulating the procedure for the use of scientific and technical means in criminology, scientific publications of researchers in the field of forensic medical examination. The methodological basis of the research in this work is a system of general theoretical and special legal methods that allowed us to reveal the effectiveness of using an underwater drone during the study of drowned bodies. According to the results of the research, generalization of scientific papers, analysis of the use of scientific and technical means in the activities of law enforcement agencies of foreign countries, the authors proposed the use of an underwater drone for examining a corpse on the water. Conclusion. An underwater drone can reach places inaccessible to humans and help identify key details of the crime. During the investigation of crimes on the facts of drowning corpses, they play a special role – they allow you to analyze the condition of the victim's body without having to raise it to the surface, which facilitates further investigation. A SWOT analysis of the use of an underwater drone to improve the quality of crime investigation was carried out. According to the results of the study, the positive and negative sides of the use of an underwater drone in investigative actions were determined.