Crimianl 3 Flashcards
The Importance of Field Notes
Few people can remember everything they do.
The longer the span between an event and recalling it, the greater the chance for incomplete information.
ELBOWS (Importance of Field Notes)
E - no erasures
L - no leaves torn out
B - no blank spaces
O - no overwriting
W - no writing in margins
S - statements to be written in direct speech
Note Taking is an essential
Note taking is an essential part of the report writing process.
With investigative report writing,
there are going to be questions down the line.
Basic Uses for Field Notes
Storage: documents can disappear from records management
Responsibility to replace can fall on the original writer
No one else has the knowledge to recreate it or the original.
Building Blocks: Notes are the foundation of a report.
Notes are the rare material used to help write a report
Aid to memory
5 Mechanics of Note Taking
Readable, Factual, Accurate, Concise, and Complete.
Who Takes Notes
Notes are not exclusive to the police force.
Define Notes
Permanent facts that help you write a report and complete an investigation
Note-taking benefits the investigation because
it establishes the information needed to either convict or exonerate the person.
All notes taken are
records
Anything you create in the normal course of business is a record
_____ are essential for any notes.
Date, time, and location
Make sure timelines are consistent with notes
When, where, what, who, how, why
For a crime to occur,
there must be ability, opportunity, and desire.
Note taking
When: did it happen, discovered, reported, the police arrive, arrested?
How was the crime discovered
Be able to describe the physical scene
Abbr.
S:
V:
W:
C:
A:
Suspect
Victim
Witness
Complaint
Actor - a criminal in NJ is called an actor.
Heading
Date, case #, time, victim, location, the crime that occurred
Date, shift, area, vehicle, mileage
Surveillance
is the monitoring of the behavior and activities of a person in a covert manner.
Surveillance is a ___task
team
You can do surveillance on:
A Person
Place, House, Property, Area
Organization
Vehicle
Package
Name Mining
trying to associate people with our target.
-Helps us to develop leads and obtain more information from additional sources
Target
Need to obtain information on the target
Need age, photo, location (photos), car, where he works, family, where he hangs out
Want to set surveillance up outside his house, job, and where he hangs out
The more links we get to the chain the better there is of getting someone.
Preparing for Surveillance
Location
Who the target is
How many people associated
Weather
Schedule
Besides staking out, you can use recording devices, GPS tracking, and cameras
You can go on Zillow to see what a house looks like, and get a layout.
For a search warrant, you have to specify what you want to search, even if there are
Why Conduct Surveillance?
To obtain evidence, gather information, and document the individual
Tactics for Surveillance
Always have someone taking notes, every detail matters.
Single foot:
make sure you’re behind the person and not too close
examples of waling and surivalnnce
Pretend you’re looking for a dog, ordering a pizza, or having a baby in a stroller.
Electronic -
camera, phone, license plate reader
Mobile vs Stationary.
Mobile - in a car following someone. Stationary - in a fixed location.
Mechanical vs Human.
Mechanical - drones, Human - a person is following someone
Area -
need to be familiar with where we are going to be, have a car and clothes that fit the area.
The plan -
we need to figure out what to do in case things go wrong. Use common sense
5 methods of survalince
Foot, one-officer, two-officers, ABC methods, progressive, or leapfrog
Foot surveillance -
usually a short distance, can be caught easily
Two-officer surveillance -
two officers are working together to watch the individual, provides more security and less chance of the operation being compromised.
LeapFrog -
someone takes your spot and someone else can take their spot.
