COMMUNITY HUMAN RELATIONS
EXAM SET |VERIFIED
The student will identify the functions field notes serve. - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Relieve burden of memory
Impress memory
Provide recollection years later
Useful in courtroom testimony
The student will identify the two systems of note taking. - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Permanent notebook system (subject to court
scrutiny, no non-police info allowed.
2. Temporary note system
The student will identify the types of information that should be
included in field notes. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Person:
suspect(s), victim(s), witnesses;
Dates and Times;
Exact location of occurrence and persons;
Any other info: case number, location and chain of evidence, assisting
officer's activity, type of incident.
, The student will identify the steps in "Preliminary" investigation report
writing. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Step 1 is Probable Cause
P- Proceed to the scene
R- Render aid to the victim
E- Effect the arrest of the suspect
L- Locate witnesses
I- Interview witnesses
M- Maintain crime scene
I- Interrogate the suspect
N- Note all preliminary findings
A- Arrange for crime lab to process the scene
R- Report is written
Y- Yield to the follow-up investigators
The student will identify the questions that should be answered by a
complete report. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Probable cause ;
Who was involved (suspects, victims, witnesses, full names, phone,
addresses, employment);
Elements of the crime(s);
What was the method used?;
What was the purpose of the crime?;
When did it occur?