The 10/30/13 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled "Passed Pawns" established a dangerous idea. They insinuated that promotions are based solely on 'solves'.
My issue with this idea is twofold. First, an investigation has to be a team effort. No one person or entity will 'solve' the case. There are many facets to an investigation and albeit the forensics is one of the most important (I am a bit biased here) it also takes good old fashioned 'shoe leather' to complete an investigation. What about the folks who answer the tip line phone calls? What about the officers who conduct the neighborhood canvas? Even in the evidence area of the investigation there are those that document who are sometimes separate from those who collect and preserve the evidence. And in this day and age, it is a rare circumstance indeed for the crime scene technician to be the same person who actually conducts the analysis on said evidence. Also, in this day and age, there are specialists rather than generalists so multiple forensic scientists are involved in the 'solve'.
My second point is that the idea of counting 'solves' could potentially lend itself to an elevated pressure to 'fudge' some of the results. This is not only unethical but dangerous to the whole idea of justice. Let's hope that good old fashioned integrity and good work would be the reasons for a promotion which is earned on merit and experience.
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