Section 6: Reports and Records Flashcards
Anything on physical paper or electronic paper can be used as a _________.
Record
Police Reports, police records, DMV records, Newspaper reports, social media are all considered?
Reports/ Records
Witnesses and suspects are considered ________.
Sources
More traditional policing: police departments would always keep a what?
source of information file
People who knew what was going on in certain areas or certain groups were willing to talk to the police.People we could go to for information even if we do not know exactly what happened on the crime. It might point us in the right direction. This refers to what?
Sources of information file
Example, if we have something interesting or unique or uncommon in the MO what can be go through to potentially find a previous crime with the same MO?
Police records
Example, if a woman was murdered and a dozen red roses were found on top of her body and that reminds you of a crime from ten years go you can go back and look at what to link the two crimes together?
Police records
What is especially useful in things like burglaries, robberies, frauds, etc..?
Inventory tracking
Any store, warehouse, or place where expensive defrauded goods can be kept will have what?
inventory tracking system
Example, Blockbuster and we did inventory every three months of every single movie in the entire store. Each movie has a unique number on them so you can keep up with them. What helps with this process?
Inventory tracking system
Inventory tracking an be a hug help in instances like shoplifting, fraud, and theft. True or False
True
Police records Inventory tracking Caller ID Pen Registers Pill Identifier FBI's NCIC Internet
Reports/ Records
What used to be rare and now is built into all of our phones and makes records of who called easy to identify?
Caller ID
When the victim is the one being called is it easier to get a caller ID?
Yes
What is like tapping a phone but you do not get the actual contents of the phone? All you get is this number called this number at this time and the call lasted this long.
Pen Registers
What has a much lower fourth amendment protection?
Pen registers
The contents of a cell phone are covered by the fourth amendment and you need a warrant or a warrant exception to get those. If you do not are about what people are saying and all you care about is who they are talking to you can use what?
Pen Registers
Example, police pull someone over and there are prescription drugs the bottle says they are one thing but they look like opioids. By law every pill has to be different. What can be used to determine the pill?
pill identifier
What has a unique shape, color, and marking combination?
Pills
FBI’s NCIC stands for what?
National Crime Information Center
What is a huge database of crime information that is maintained by the FBI?
NCIC
What database has information on suspects information, offender info, and crime info?
NCIC
What can police use to solve crimes that is readily available to anyone?
Internet
Example, picture the guy with a Facebook post was from a girl that had photos taken by her phone automatically upload to Facebook the police would call that a what?
clue
