15 Jan substantial basis

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 8 Final Exam

Question 1

(TCO 1) Which of the following is not the correct way to start a report?

On 05/12/2010, I arrived on scene at 1235 hours

On 06/01/2010 at 1440 hours, I was dispatched to Main Street

On 04/01/2010 at about 1500 hours, I appeared at court for a hearing

On 06/30/2010 at approximately 2330 hours, I observed a male driving a vehicle

Question 2 (TCO 2) Which is the following is not a cost savings for a police department using an automated records system?

Reports can be completed faster

Reduction in storage and reproduction of records

Public access to the automated system

Reports are automatically approved

Question 3 (TCO 2) It is the arresting officer’s responsibility to report all relevant facts in a complete, clear, concise, and __________ manner.

timely

professional

well written

accurate

Question 4 (TCO 3) What the ultimate goal of an investigation?

To apprehend the perpetrator

To uphold and enforce the law

To find the truth

To determine a crime has occurred

Question 5 (TCO 3) The most important thing to be established in a crime report is the _________, or elements of the crime.

mens rea

actus reus

corpus delecti

habeas corpus

Question 6 (TCO 4) The standard to follow in determining whether to issue a search warrant in a particular situation is: whether a reasonably cautious person could have concluded that there was a “____________” for the finding of probable cause.

justification

reasonable suspicion

substantial basis

significant reason

Question 7 (TCO 4 & 5) A search warrant consists of three distinct parts including all of the following except:

The return to the search warrant.

The criminal complaint.

The search warrant.

The affidavit in support of the search warrant.

Question 8 (TCO 5) __________ contain few, if any, factual allegations and merely state

the conclusive allegation that the defendant committed the offense charged, reciting

more or less the statutory language.

Criminal complaints

Court orders

Search warrants

Supplemental reports

Question 9 (TCO 6) When a fatal motor vehicle accident is the result of a violation of law, the accident scene becomes:

contaminated.

secured by the responding officer.

a crime scene.

documented on an accident report.

Question 10 (TCO 7) The major benefit of a fully integrated records management system is that it can:

communicate data with other records systems.

maintain crime reports.

allow officers to print their reports.

provide officers with a database of arrestees.

Question 11 (TCO 8) _______ is an agency-wide system that provides for the storage, retrieval, retention, manipulation, archiving, and viewing of information, records, documents, or files pertaining to law enforcement operations.

CAD

MDT

RMS

UCR

Question 12 (TCO 8) The ___________ includes collecting all relevant information on the subject and his or her arrest details, verifying the subject’s identity, and addressing obvious physical and mental health needs. This information may be obtained from the arrest report record within the RMS.

investigation process

court process

booking process

hiring process

Question 13 (TCO 1) Define and evaluate the use of concrete words as opposed to abstract words in narratives.

Question 14 (TCO 2) Describe and evaluate the Uniform Crime Reporting System (UCR).

Question 15 (TCO 2) Discuss and analyze how field notes are an “aid to memory.”

Question 16 (TCO 3) An evidence report has two basic components. The first is a description of the evidence, and the second is the chain of custody. Describe and discuss this phrase – chain of custody.

Question 17 (TCO 3) Describe and analyze the “average person test.”

Question 18 (TCO 4) List and discuss the things that police must show have recently happened or are occurring in order to establish probable cause to obtain a search warrant.

Question 19 (TCO 4) Examine and evaluate the particularity requirement in describing property to be seized in a search warrant.

Question 20 (TCO 5) List and discuss the information that should be included in a bench warrant.

Question 21 (TCO 7) Discuss and analyze the use of mobile data computers (MDC) by police officers out on the street, and how these are beneficial to data communications for law enforcement.

Question 22 (TCO 8) Discuss and evaluate the review process for police reports and how an RMS might be utilized to accomplish this task.