Chapter 27- Report Writing Flashcards

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When a stolen vehicle is recovered, the CRB is responsible for notifying the registered owner or the reporting law enforcement agency within __ hours.

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72

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Missing Persons:
Upon the filing of a police report that a child or an adult is missing, officers shall within ___ hours after receipt of the report; ensure that the report is promptly entered into the appropriate law enforcement computerized systems; e.g., the local Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS), FCIC, and NCIC.

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2

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Reports rejected by CAU supervisors must be returned within ___ working days of the date on the reject notice. Violations are to be brought to the platoon commander’s or appropriate supervisor’s attention.

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three

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Reports rejected by other element supervisors must be returned within ___ working days of the reject slip date.

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ten

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5
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A copy of the lead-sheet of the rejected report will be forwarded via transmittal to CRB, UCR Unit, within 72 hours. The corrected report will be transmitted at a later date, but no later than ___ days after return to the originating element.

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6
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Reports are official public records of the Department and are prepared to ensure that investigative information is available to departmental elements, other criminal justice agencies, and the public. Supervisors provide ___ and ___ to subordinates in assigned investigations by reviewing and approving reports.

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direction & guidance

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7
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White and pink copies of all reports, except homicide and sexual crime reports, must be hand-delivered to CRB, UCR Unit, within ___ hours from the time they are submitted to the CAU.

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72

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For stolen/recovered
MDPD cases, if the registered owner cannot be contacted by telephone within 72 hours, they are notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, within ___ calendar days from date of recovery.

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seven

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Officers making contact with sexual offenders or sexual predators that have a Person Alert Message, must contact a Sexual Crimes Section (SCS) investigator to be called out to their locale. Officers making an arrest of an offender will contact SCS with the information so that the offender’s file can be updated accordingly. The form will be faxed to the Central Records Bureau, Automated Systems Unit, and the information will be entered into the CJIS for a period of ___ days.

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30

*After 30 days, if the message is not renewed by the originating officer or entity, the information will be automatically purged from the computer system.

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10
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Report Retention Schedule:
1. Completed activity reports are retained in a secure location by the affected element for ___ years.
2. After the retention period, elements are to forward the reports to the County Clerk’s Records Management Facility in cartons provided by the County to retain for an additional ___ years.

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two

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Complaint/Arrest Affidavit:
Reports concerning misdemeanors and code violations will be transmitted to the Clerk’s Office, Crimes Division, within ___ days of date of arrest.

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12
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HATE CRIME REPORTING:
All personnel completing OIRs regarding hate crimes are required to complete a Florida Hate Crime Statistical Report Form (Annex J), and forward it, along with the OIR, to the respective CAU. The CAU, or
that unit handling case reports within an element, will forward the form to CRB, UCR. The ____ collects hate crime offense data by offense codes assigned to crime definitions derived from the national and state UCR programs. These codes are not identical to UCR codes in all cases.

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Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

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Officer Assaulted/Killed Supplement
Prepared each time an MDPD law enforcement officer is assaulted in the line of duty, including all ____ cases where multiple officers are assaulted, a separate form is required for each officer. The report will be attached to the OIR.

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resisting with violence

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14
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Field Interview Report
Used to record information resulting from a legal stop of any person. May be used to record information concerning any person taken into custody when of concern to any departmental element. Will be completed when the detained or arrested person is a Signal ___ or Career Criminal Identification Signal.

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50

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15
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Issuance of a Civil Citation:
If the violator does not respond, the citation will be sent to the Miami-Dade County Finance Department’s collection division for processing. The citation fine may appear on the violator’s credit report, the violator will be unable to apply for any County licenses and, if the violator owns real property, the fine will appear on a title search and must be cured prior to selling the property.

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info

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16
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Submit Civil Citation Scans to the PLB and Miami-Dade County Finance Department: After the CAU staff enters the civil citation information into CAS, the CAU staff shall scan the civil citation, label the scan with the name of the citation (e.g., G12345), and send the scan to cereferrals@miamidade.gov (Clerk) and dscu@mdpd.com (PLB), within __ days of entering the citation into CAS. Each individual civil citation must be submitted in a separate PDF scan, one civil citation per PDF. Emails can include as many PDF attachments as possible.

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7

17
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The Miami-Dade County Diversion Program (Diversion Program) is administered by the Miami-Dade Police Department’s ___. The purpose of the program is to seek compliance with the Miami-Dade County Code, improve the quality of life in Miami-Dade County through the completion of community service hours, reduce the demands on the court system, and give Code violators options to resolve their ordinances violations.

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PLB