# Cleaning up Crime scenes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-crime-scenes/160730>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-crime-scenes/160730 "2003-03-12T03:38:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mr.splitfoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@mr.splitfoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.splitfoot)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-crime-scenes/160730/1 "2003-03-12T03:38:05Z")

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How would one go about getting a job cleaning up crime scenes? Do you have to take classes, or can any Joe pick up a sponge and go brain scraping?

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**Author:** ![mr.splitfoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@mr.splitfoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.splitfoot)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-crime-scenes/160730/2 "2003-03-12T03:40:16Z")

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sorry about the double post. The computer’s being kinda funny right now

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-crime-scenes/160730/3 "2003-03-12T03:50:31Z")

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There are companies that specialize in cleaning up after floods and other disasters, so why not let them clean up a crime scene.

[ul]:dubious: [sup] **On the other hand some criminals are fairly neat by nature.** [/sup][/ul]

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-crime-scenes/160730/4 "2003-03-12T03:57:57Z")

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Well, nuts. Apparently posting links to cached pages on Google is a bit tricky. Search in Google for “crime scene cleaners” and click the **Cached** link for the second article from the bottom, titled “DDN | Crime-scene cleaners not queasy lot.” (The original article is gone.) There’s some info in there about the requirements.  
You could also check out the Crime Scene Cleaners Web site for info.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-crime-scenes/160730/5 "2003-03-14T16:54:22Z")

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Bump

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-up-crime-scenes/160730/6 "2003-03-14T17:05:51Z")

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I’ll close this thread and direct further comment to the other one: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168957](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168957)

bibliophage  
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