Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation,

Question 1

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, The assigned police officer shall:

Answer 1

1. Search the immediate area with the complainant in an effort to locate the vehicle
2. Request Operator’s License, Registration Card, and insurance identification card
   from the complainant. Verify the information through police radio and ascertain
   whether the vehicle was towed, repossessed, or relocated utilizing the MDTs when
   possible.
3. Ensure that the vehicle identification number (VIN) and the registration number
   (license plate number) are correctly recorded when completing the 75-71 work
   copy.
4. Record the exact location of the theft under the place of occurrence on the 75-71.
   The exact time of occurrence should also be placed on the 75-71
5. Question the complainant about the contents of his/her vehicle.
6. Have the complainant sign the work copy of the 75-71 in the lower right-hand
   corner of the “details” block upon completion.
7. Conduct interviews in the immediate area in an attempt to locate witnesses to the
   theft.
8. Record the names and addresses of persons interviewed,
9. Sign the work copy of the 75-71 and submit it to the ORS.

Question 2

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, A vehicle stolen under a higher UCR offense example carjacking, who is responsible for the stolen vehicle message entry ?

Answer 2

The Assigned Detective

Question 3

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, Who is responsible for obtaining all information concerning the vehicle theft, preparing the 75-71, forwarding any signed reports via police mail, transmitting any computer messages, entering stolen vehicle into the computer ?

Answer 3

The District where the complaint was reported

Question 4

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, All stolen vehicles will be reported on a 75-71 unless ?

Answer 4

The theft of a motor vehicle occurs during the course of another higher UCR classification Example : robbery /carjacking , burglary. in that case the vehicle information will be included on the higher class 75-48

Question 5

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, If the VIN and registration number cannot be obtained from the complainant, the send ____________?

Answer 5

a CLEAN message to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
requesting all vehicles registered to the complainant. PennDOT will provide the
title numbers for all vehicles registered to the complainant that can then be used to

Question 6

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation,

To Run the title number(s) using the following format:

Answer 6

BMV.TLN/xxxxxxxxx x = title number

Question 7

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, To run a CLEAN message,

Answer 7

type FS PD (leave a space between FS and PD)

and press “enter”.

Question 8

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, Distribute copies of the computerized 75-71 as follows:

Answer 8

First copy – district of occurrence
Second copy – detective division of occurrence
Third copy – District Attorney (cases of arrest)
Fourth copy – Major Crimes Auto Squad
Signed work copy – Reports Control Unit

Question 9

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation,

All updates to the the initial screen must be made within______ by the district personnel

Answer 9

five days

Question 10

The police officer recovering the vehicle shall:

Answer 10

1. Have the vehicle towed by a private salvor to the salvor’s impoundment lot according to the procedures outlined in Directive 12.5, Appendix “A,” unless otherwise directed by a patrol supervisor.
2. Proceed to the district of recovery and give the ORS the 75-48. Obtain an additional set of DC numbers for the recovery of the stolen vehicle

Question 11

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, If the complainant cannot produce any documents with numerical
identifiers for the vehicle, they will not be told to call back to report the
vehicle stolen at a later time when they find the information. The officer
will

Answer 11

complete the 75-71 with all available information and submit to the
ORS who will obtain necessary information via a Commonwealth Law
Enforcement Assistance Network (CLEAN) message

Question 12

According to Directive 12.7 Vehicle Theft Investigation, What INCT
stand for

Answer 12

On-line incident transmittal