401 Offense/Incident/Supplemental Reports

Question 1

.03 REPORTS
A. Offense Report
2. When completing an Offense Report, the officer will mark the box titled “OFFENSE” on SAPD ____.

Answer 1

Form #2-2

Question 2

.03 REPORTS
A. Offense Report
4. SAPD _____ is used to supply additional information on the handwritten offense report: and
a. Is required to supplement additional information on suspects, prisoners, missing or wanted persons, warrantless emergency detentions and recovered stolen vehicles; or
b. May be used for submitting information obtained through _____ ______.

Answer 2

Form #2-3

field interviews.

Question 3

.03 REPORTS
C. Supplemental Report
1. The Supplemental Report is completed within AFR by all officers who respond to a call and may have
additional information such as; Dispatched to scene, Took some action, Witnessed some action, or had direct
contact with the crowd, suspect, witnesses, etc. and this information is related to an offense/incident and the
officer is not assigned the Report Responsibility.
a. All officers that make the scene of a felony call __________ SHALL write a Supplemental
Report within AFR, detailing what actions they took or what they witnessed at the scene.

Answer 3

with an apprehension

Question 4

.03 REPORTS
D. Supplement Report
1. The Supplement Report, SAPD _____, is used for adding additional information to box (43) Details of the
Offense/Event, section of SAPD Form #2-2;

Answer 4

Form #2-2S

Question 5

.04 THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
The Offense Report is prepared and submitted when the preliminary investigation reveals any of the following:
A. An offense classified as a _______ misdemeanor or higher (refer to the Texas Penal Code or GM Procedure 708, Follow-Up Units);

Answer 5

Class B

Question 6

.05 OFFENSE CLASSIFICATION TERMINOLOGY
B. In some ______ and _______ cases, a monetary value of the loss is not always
necessary.

Answer 6

Theft (P.C. 31.03)
Criminal Mischief (P.C. 28.03)

Question 7

.06 RESPONSIBILITY AND PROCEDURE FOR TURNING IN REPORTS
B. Should ____ ______ reports become necessary, copies will be forwarded to the appropriate follow-up units, no later than the end of their ___ __ ____ .

Answer 7

hand written

tour of duty

Question 8

7. Reports Request by Follow-Up Units

All reports requested by follow-up units will be completed within _____ from the date of request.

Answer 8

24 hours

Question 9

.08 OFFENSE CODING
The offense code is written by a member assigned to the _____ _____ in the top left-hand corner next to the word “Offense.”

Answer 9

Report Review Detail

Question 10

.10 REPORTS REQUIRING CALL-IN NOTIFICATION
A. In addition to completing the required reports, members shall immediately report the following types of incidents by telephone to either a member at the ______ ____, service area substations, or the Juvenile Processing Office for entry into NCIC/TCIC or the TLETS computer system:

Answer 10

Security Desk

Question 11

.12 HANDWRITTEN OFFENSE AND PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REPORTS
Completed handwritten offense reports are reviewed by the unit supervisor, who updates the status of the case record in the appropriate PRTS System.
C. The offense reports are then physically filed in the Records Office. In order to conform to the court decisions
affecting the Privacy Act and the Open Records Act, ____ separate reports are created by Records Office
personnel from the offense report.

Answer 11

two (2)

Question 12

.13 MAKING CHANGES ON POLICE REPORTS
A. All police reports which have already been submitted and entered into the system needing additions, changes, or corrections must be accomplished by submitting a _______ ______.

Answer 12

supplement report

Question 13

.02 DISCUSSION
C. Original reports written for _________ or above warrant less arrests, once submitted to a Magistrate will not be amended, modified or changed in anyway. The report becomes a matter of record in the judicial proceedings.

A. Class A
B. Class B
C. Class C
D. State Jail Felony

Answer 13

B

Question 14

.09 APPROVING AUTHORITY
All offense reports for warrantless arrests on Class B or higher offenses must be approved by a supervisor prior to the reports being presented to the intake desk at the Magistrate’s Office for booking.
B. If the supervisor is unavailable, the officer notifies the nearest supervisor. If no supervisors are available, the officer notifies the ________ over the police radio and requests any available supervisor for report approval.
A. Lieutenant
B. NCID Sergeant
C. Dispatcher
D. Service Agent

Answer 14

C