Our Industry

Police, fire department and the crime-scene investigators who arrive at a crime scene first have crucial tasks in the aftermath of a violent death. But they do not clean up. Cleaning up after someone who dies violently is the responsibility of that person's family and or business owner. Until recently, there were very few cleaning companies that would handle that kind of job, so the family and business owners were left with having to do it themselves. If ever there were a situation begging for capitalism to step in and take over, this was it.

Crime-scene clean-up is a niche market within the cleaning industry. It's called CTS Decon crime and trauma scene decontamination and it involves cleaning up dangerous material. This could mean the biologically contaminated scene of a violent death (homicide, suicide or accidental) or the chemically contaminated scene of a methamphetamine lab or anthrax-exposure site. Crime-scene cleaners come in and restore the scene to its pre-incident state.

When a violent death occurs in someone's home or business, it's our crime scene technicians job to remove any sign of what happened. In addition, this process could include the removal of any biohazards that resulted from such an incident. Federal regulations deem all bodily fluids to be biohazards, so any blood or tissue at a crime scene is considered a potential source of infection.

All T.E.I. Crime Scene Technicians have special training in handling biohazardous material and to know what to look for at a crime scene, if there's a small amount of bloodstain on the carpet, there's a good chance that there's bloodstains on the floorboards underneath. You can't just clean the carpet and call the scene restored. There are must have permits to transport and dispose of biohazardous waste. Our technicians that clean up crime scenes have all of the necessary permits and training.