5/206.13 Witness Identification

Question 1

Where is a live line up conducted?

Answer 1

-At a detention center

Question 2

Fillers in a photo line up should?

Answer 2

• Match the description of the suspect provided by an eyewitness
• Should not stand out

Question 3

Show-ups should not be conducted when the subject is _________ or __________.

Answer 3

Violent or combative

Question 4

Independent administrator, or the double blind method

Answer 4

• An officer who is not participating in the investigation
• Who is unaware of which person in the line up is the potential suspect
• Shows the photo line up to the eyewitness

Question 5

What type of line up should be completed when the officer cannot prepare a line-up from the LVMPD mug shot system, and must rely on photographs from outside sources?

Answer 5

• A sequential line up

- Outside photos can be from LVMPD mug shots, yearbook photos, DMV photos, or other sources providing photographs

Question 6

If a simultaneous photo line up is shown to more than one eyewitness what must happen to the photographs?

Answer 6

• The same six photos must be used

- The position of the photographs will be changed

Question 7

How many fillers will be used with any simultaneous or sequential line-ups?

Answer 7

minimum of 5

Question 8

If a video and/or audio recording is used for any line-up, the officer conducting the line-up will do what with the recording?

Answer 8

impound it

Question 9

Will eyewitnesses be allowed to confer with each other before or during a photo line up?

Answer 9

no

Question 10

How many suspects per line up can be used?

Answer 10

1

Question 11

Unless generated and stored electronically in LVMPD mug shot system, all photo line ups will be __________ ___ ___________

Answer 11

impounded as evidence

Question 12

Which photo line ups will become part of the investigative case file?

Answer 12

• All photo line-ups

- Regardless of the outcome