ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
History of Investigations - ANSWER-Military/Nobility
Shire Reeve/Sheriff
Constable
Coroner
Bow Street Runners
Police Reform - ANSWER-Paid professional police
Metropolitan Police Act of 1829
Sir Robert Peel
Experience following French Revolution & Napoleon
Detective Branch
1842
Early Difficulties - ANSWER-Generalized political & police corruption
Jurisdictional limitations
Poor communications
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Work on large scale crime
Anti-labor activity
Investigative Reform - ANSWER-Federal investigations
State police
Information sharing
Plainclothes officers contrasted with detectives
Biometrics - ANSWER-Anthropometry/Bertillon
Dactylography
DNA
Physical Evidence - ANSWER-Firearms
Questioned Documents
Polygraph
Legal Aspects - ANSWER-Due Process
14th Amendment
Arrest/Probable Cause
Detention/Reasonable Suspicion
Charging/Warrants
Search & Seizure - ANSWER-Exclusionary Rule
, Fruit of the poisonous tree
Search with a warrant
Search without a warrant - ANSWER-Consent
Incident to arrest
Motor vehicle
Exigency
Plain view
Offense Types- - ANSWER-Felony
Misdemeanor
Violation/Infraction
The Investigator Needs - ANSWER-Discipline
"Luck"
Science/Art
Interpersonal Skill
Respect for Diversity
Inductive/Deductive Reasoning
Open-minded Theories of Crime
Incident Reports - ANSWER-Style of narrative
Sentence structure
Grammar and jargon
Review and disposition
Investigative Process - ANSWER-Use of solvability factors
Investigative plans
Report review and developing avenues
Report Reviews - ANSWER-Booking
Impoundments
Field Interviews
Citations/Tickets
Examination of recovered evidence
Physical Safety at Crime Scenes - ANSWER-Search with your eyes and not with your
hands
Use of Protective Sweeps
Clear delineation of search locations
Protection from Injury and Disease
Preliminary Investigation Priorities - ANSWER-1 Life & Safety of
Bystanders
Victims
Police