SCCJA UNIT 3 NEWEST ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND

SCCJA UNIT 3 NEWEST ACTUAL / QUESTIONS AND

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Generation X - ---Answers_--people born between 1965 and 1980, want only information necessary to survive, value independence and self-reliant, to motivate, hands off

Generation Y (Millennials) - ---Answers_--People born between 1981-2000, highly social, work is means to an end, earn money to spend, not save

Who Read's your reports - ---Answers_--Supervisor, investigators, attorneys, judges, responding officers (backup), victims, civil courts, probation officer, advocates, the media

Communication - ---Answers_--exchange of information or the technique of expressing ideas effectively

Report - ---Answers_--Any written or electronic communication on a departmental form

Operational reports - ---Answers_--Reports taken by individual officers reference to crimes, incidents, arrests, and other daily activities, tow slips, arrest records, activity logs, gasoline tickets, dispatch cards, evidence logs

Administrative reports - ---Answers_--Reports that affect the administration of a department 1 / 4

Elements of a good report - ---Answers_--Factual, clear, complete, concise, impartial, transition words, cardinal rule

Factual - ---Answers_--A fact is something that can be verified. Information must be correct, as well as can be determined by the reporting officer.

clear - ---Answers_--The report must communicate to the reader a clear and understandable account of the events

Complete - ---Answers_--Who- complete name, what- type of offense, when- date and times of events, where- location of event, why- motive or cause(difficult to obtain), how - how did the event occur, how did the suspect injure the victim

Concise - ---Answers_--Should be short and to the point, not wordy, use as few words as possible without sacrificing clarity or completeness

Impartial - ---Answers_--Report all information, both positive and negative, remain neutral and free of bias

Transition words - ---Answers_--Help to accomplish this task in an orderly manner

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Cardinal rule - ---Answers_--An incident report should be sept explanatory, establish the elements of the crime and be in chronological order

Steps - ---Answers_--Prewriting, organizing, revise for clarity, write in first person, Proofread

Objective - ---Answers_--Verifiable facts, officers should never include information that they have not verified

Subjective - ---Answers_--Observations made by an officer at the scene of an incident, suspect's demeanor, injuries of a crime victim, subjective observation can convict criminals, key is witness credibility, officers can ensure this through accurate report writing

Field notes - ---Answers_--Personal observations recorded by the officer at the scene of an event or at the time information is first gathered, memory aid, key to other records, investigate aid, protection, evaluation, memorandum or official information

Field notebook - ---Answers_--Kept on the person of the officer, can be loose leaf or bound, can be entered into evidence, can be a valuable tool when used properly

Report writing checklist - ---Answers_--Gather preliminary info, victim/witness/suspect statement, investigate the scene, disposition 3 / 4

Incident reports - ---Answers_--A copy of every report taken by officers regarding criminal violations must be sent to sled, standardized report as of 1990, statistical information for UCR, see student manual for most forms

Page usage - ---Answers_--Incident report- page 1 (never have more than 1 of these), supplementary report- page 2, supplemental report- page 3

Common mistakes on incident reports - ---Answers_-- Property type, all items of a similar nature should be classified together, location or location premise type, vehicles are not a premise or location type. Where the vehicle is located is the proper location type, consumable goods

Miscellaneous forms - ---Answers_--Vehicle tow sheets, suspect identity charts, FI cards, use of force reports

Interviewing - ---Answers_--A police investigation involves gathering and evaluating information from people and things, of the two-acquiring information from people is the most

difficult, perception is reality:

emotions/lighting/distance/motives

Interview - ---Answers_--A conversation with a purpose designed to obtain information

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