Area Canvas Flashcards
Main objectives of an Area Canvas includes:
Identify:
- Offender
- and Locate evidence
- witnesses
- gather information
Other benefits of area canvas
- Sightings of victim, Offender, potential witnesses, relevant property or vehicles.
- obtaining key information to drive investigation and accurate record of local community
- opportunity for early arrest with ID of Offender
- promoting awareness of significant occurrences
- eliminating unidentified vehicles and persons
Specialist profilers may be consulted to assist with?
Setting parameters or identifying locations where the suspect is likely to reside or frequent.
Intelligence systems should be used in a risk assessment, consideration of the area should be given to:
- violent offenders
- persons wanted by police
- groups with particular linguistic/cultural needs
- local incidents which residents may raise to police
OC Area canvas should seek what to assist them
- street maps
- aerial photographs showing houses, locations
- geological information
- local council records
Key points for briefing the Area Canvas Team
Action to take if they
- believe they have ID suspect
- located items of evidential value
- if individuals refuse to assist
- to complete correspondence flow
- information to be disclosed
- information must not be disclosed
When a person has relevant information to offer what must the officer do?
- INTERVIEW persons (FWS)
- RECORD on Part B that they have made a FWS
- ensure the witnesses information is CONVEYED to the OC Area Canvas
- GIVE part B to OC area canvas
When all area enquiries in respect of a particular address have been completed the OC Area Canvas will
- FILE part A & B together
- Send DUPLICATE part B form to the file manager for filing, seperare from the main file
- SHADE the area on the area canvas map
How can the OC canvas maintain high staff morale?
- Regular feedback and progress on the investigation
- updates on progress on other parts of the investigation.
How can the OC canvas maintain high staff morale?
- Regular feedback and progress on the investigation
- updates on progress on other parts of the investigation.
What matters should be contained in the final report
- summary of all action taken
- any significant findings
- any action taken outside of the original phase strategy
OC Area Canvas record in master record of progress
A detailed record of progress continually maintained:
- which addresses have been visited
- which occupants interviewed
- the documentation completed
- any relevant comments made
What to cover off in the questionnaire - Part A
Part A
- street name
- house number
- flat number
- personal details of all reside tals
- details of all people who were visiting at the time of the offence
- vehicles used by all residents and visitors to the address
The OC Area canvass retains completed part A forms
What to cover off in the questionnaire - Part B
- personal details
- home details
- work details
- answers to specific questions
Any evidential information must be recorded by was of FWS
The OC Area Canvas retains completed Part B so:
- information relevant to Enquiry
- match up Part B with Part A
- tick off the Part A entities to show who has been interviewed