Miscellaneous

Question 1

A Human Source is

Answer 1

• Assists in the prevention and detection of a crime
• Provide information about actual or potential criminal activity
• ID requires protection
• ID is known to police
• Source remains the property of NSW PF

Question 2

What are source motivations?

Answer 2

Affidavit of assistance 
Financial reward
Revenge 
Sense of civic duty
Sense of adventure 
Roll overs 
Obtain police methodologies

Question 3

When would a source be deactivated?

Answer 3

Death 
Unreliable
Provides false/misleading information
No longer willing or able 
Commits an offence

Reviewed every 90 days

Question 4

What are three areas of a crime scene?

Answer 4

Inner perimeter
Outer perimeter
Exclusion Zone

Question 5

Types of searches at crime scenes?

Answer 5

Line 
Spiral search
Grid
Zone 
Vehicle

Question 6

What are the components of a bullet?

Answer 6

Bullet
Cartridge casing
Propellant
Primer

Question 7

What are firearm types

Answer 7

Handgun

Long arm

Question 8

What is internal ballistics?

Answer 8

Specific bullet/casing from a specific firearm based on

• Manufacturing process
• Usage and
• Imperfections

Question 9

What is intermediate ballistics?

Answer 9

Transition from internal to external ballistic and events surrounding the
- Muzzle and discharge

Question 10

What is external ballistics?

Answer 10

Bullet trajectory between the

• Target
• Factors which influence trajectory/.

Question 11

What is terminal ballistics

Answer 11

Interactions of the fired bullet and the target

Question 12

In relation to critical incidents what is a serious injury?

Answer 12

• Life threatening injuries
• Injury that would normally require emergency admission to hospital and significant medical treatment
• Injury likely to result in permanent impairment or long term rehabilitation.

Question 13

What is a level one critical incident?

Answer 13

• Homicide of a police officer
• Death or imminent death resulting in discharge of Firearm by NSW Police.
• Death or imminent death resulting in use of police appointments
• Death or imminent death result of the application of physical force

Question 14

In relation to complaint management, what is a reviewable sanction?

Answer 14

A reviewable sanction is one that may result in the police officer being subject to a loss of rank or specialist allowance to a monetary punishment.

Question 15

What are the considerations for the release of a police fact sheet?

Answer 15

• Section 314 Criminal Procedure Act gives media the right to inspect court held documents. Media must apply to registrar no later than two working days after the proceedings are finalised.
• Police prosecutors may make available fact sheet for accurate reporting if the fact sheet has not be filed at court but the prosecutor read out aloud in open court.
• If a fact sheet has not been read aloud or handed up in court, the media must not be given access and the enquiry should be referred to MAU

Question 16

Media Policy; Do not release information about witness and victim that may:

Answer 16

Identify a victim of crime
Identify a witness
Embarrass or distress a victim
Reveal details of a crime that might only be known to the offender.

Question 17

Media Policy; Information can be released which may:

Answer 17

• Identify a deceased person, or missing person who is presumed death only if the NOK has been informed and provides consent.
• Identify a deceased person when no relatives can be found in AUS
• Identify victims of crime if this will help the investigation and the victims permission has been given.

Question 18

Media Policy: When can ethnicity based descriptors be legitimately used:

Answer 18

• Used in the pre-arrest phase, when combined with physical description
• Ethnicity based descriptors must be used once a person has been apprehended and
• Ethnicity based descriptors must only be used to describe people whose ethnicity is not known.