Area Canvas Enquiries Flashcards
How can specialist Police units such as the Criminal Profiling Unit or Criminal or Geographical Profilers assist the OC area canvass during the area canvass stage?
They may be consulted to assist with setting parameters or identifying locations where suspects are likely to frequent or reside.
Under the completion of the area canvass phase, the OC area canvass must submit a report to OC Investigation outlining the circumstances of this particular aspect of the investigation.
What matters must the report contain?
The report should include a summary of all action taken, any significant findings highlighted and attention drawn to any action that had been undertaken which was outside of the original phase strategy.
What are the purposes of a methodically conducted area canvass?
Often links exist between the scene of the crime and the offender, victim or witness. A methodically conducted area canvass therefore presents a high likelihood of identifying or contacting the offender, an associate of the offender, significant witnesses, identifying evidence or exhibits and establishing significant facts.
What matters should OC area canvass record in a detailed master record?
A detailed master record of ongoing progress should be continually maintained and updated by the OC area canvass showing which addresses have been visited, which occupants interviewed, the documentation completed and any relevant comments made.
What are the main objectives of an area canvass?
May include:
- Identifying offender
- Identifying and locating evidence
- Identifying witnesses
- Gathering information
Other benefits:
- Sightings of victim or offender before or after
- Sightings of relevant property or vehicles
- Sightings of potential witnesses
Why is it important in some cases to conduct area canvass at the same time as offence occurred?
In some cases the area canvass should be conducted at the same time as the original offence occurred to capture people who regularly pass through that area at that time of the day eg, homicide of a person in a park early hours of the morning.
When a person spoken to in the area canvass has relevant information (probative value) to offer, the investigating member must?
Arrange for them to provide a FWS which is provided to the OC.
When conducting area canvass what’s considered under “other options”?
- Media
- Poster campaign
- Mail drop
- High profile police presence, using caravan
