3.0 Investgations Procedure Flashcards
Mopeds, pedicabs, motorcycles, motorcycle frames, engines, or any times with a fuel-operated engine are to me impounded at:__
a tow yard
The Department’s automated property management system is call:__
FileOnQ
If a perishable item needs to be examined for evidentiary purposes, contact __ to determine the best impounding procedure.
laboratory personnel
If perishable items are not needed for examination, they should be discarded and not impounded. Whenever possible, these should be __.
photographed and the photograph impounded.
During a shoplift case, the store should maintain the evidence. The citizen making the arrest should be instructed to place the date and his/her initials on the evidence and secure it for trial. The citizen should be instructed to call the the appropriate investigator __.
the next day
Officers will inform store personnel that, __ days after the arrest! it will be their responsibility to telephone the City Attorney’s Office to determine the status of the case.
ten
If other than a routine shoplifting case, where the facts are such that a crime may constitute a burglary or other felony, the evidence shall __.
be impounded in the usual manner
No other items involving the firearm other than associated with it (ammunition, holsters, etc…) shall be placed in the same package with the firearm.
If property has been identified as stolen and has evidentiary value in the criminal prosecution of a case, investigators may seize and impound the property from a __ or __.
1.
2.
- Pawnbroker
2. Secondhand Dealer
No property shall be seized from a Pawnbroker for the purpose of__.
returning it to the victim
When impounding firearms, do not include GSR kits on the same property tag.
True or False?
True
Money over the amount of _ must be impounded on a separate property tag.
$20
All prisoner personal property that can released to the owner must be impounded at __.
Headquarters
Money impounds over __ must be impounded at Headquarters.
$500
Jewelry over __ must be impounded at Headquarters.
$1,000
All loaded firearms that must be left loaded must be impounded at __.
The Watch Commander’s Office
When the Headquarter’s property room is closed, the following items must be impounded at the Watch Commander’s Office:
1.
2.
3.
- All loaded firearms
- Money impounds of $500 or over
- Jewelry deemed to be values over $1,000
All firearms that come into the possession of a Department employee in the course of their duty, __ be impounded.
must
When impounding a firearm, a receipt for weapons shall be attached unless:
1.
2.
3.
- The use of the receipt will compromise the investigation
- Circumstances are such that no individual was in possession. Of the firearms(s) or the individual is incapable of signing a receipt
- The firearms(s) are being impounded as a result of a search warrant seizure
All firearms will be unloaded prior to impounding unless needed for evidence. Firearms held for prints, and it may be loaded will be labeled as a loaded firearm and impounded at __.
The Watch Commander’s Office
The __ is responsible for the release and disposition of all impounded firearms.
gun desk
For money amounts over __, the receipt for weapons/currency must be attached to the impound.
$20
Amounts of money over __, must be impounded separately.
$20
The impounding and witness are required to sign the money envelope.
Currency up to __ and jewelry up to __, may be impounded at area stations.
1.
2.
- $500
2. $1,000
Prisoner bulk property shall be impounded at Headquartrs. The property will be disposed of in __ days.
90