SOP 314.1 Assault Investigations

Question 1

Misdemeanor assault investigations include the use of two forms. What are those forms? .

Answer 1

1. The Request for Prosecution by Complainant

2. The Assault Victim Instructions Form

Question 2

The assault victims form is used for?

Answer 2

1. Misdemeanor assault/battery cases and

2. Improper display of dangerous weapons

Question 3

______ has a thirty-day “tickler” or holding file system utilized for those cases that are referred for latent investigation involving the Assault Victim Instructions form.

Answer 3

Assault Detail File Case

Question 4

An DLIS investigative aide will be assigned to staff the office on a daily basis to speak with complainants who call or appear in person,
per the instruction form, during normal business hours.

Answer 4

Assault Detail Desk

Question 5

A form provided by the State Attorney’s Office to be issued by Tampa Police Department personnel for a misdemeanor case wherein the suspect is an adult and who has been
positively identified by name, date of birth and address. The form contains instructions for a complainant who is interested in prosecuting the suspect in an assault case.

Answer 5

Request for Prosecution by Complainant

Question 6

All felony assault/battery cases and throwing/shooting deadly missile cases with
life threatening or serious injuries will be referred to the ________for latent follow up.

Answer 6

Homicide Squad

Question 7

All felony assault/battery cases and throwing/shooting deadly missile cases with
minor injuries and investigative leads will be referred to the _________ for latent follow up.

Answer 7

Homicide Squad

Question 8

All felony assault/battery cases and throwing/shooting deadly missile cases with
minor injuries, where an arrest is made and there is no need for latent investigation, will be _______

Answer 8

closed by arrest

Question 9

All felony assault/battery cases and throwing/shooting deadly missile cases with
minor injuries and no investigative leads will ______.

Answer 9

Not be referred.

Question 10

All domestic violence cases not involving arrests will be referred to the _________and investigated per policy.

Answer 10

Criminal Investigations Division

Question 11

Officers must obtain sufficient information about the suspect to complete the form. This information includes a

Answer 11

1. name
2. date of birth
3. address.

Question 12

When a request for Prosecution by Complaint Form, officers will originate a police report and the _______ will refer the case to the designated DLIS squad for follow up with the SAO.

Answer 12

supervisor

Question 13

If the investigation determines there is probable cause to believe a crime was committed and the suspect is not known, but there are investigative leads an

Answer 13

Assault Victim Instructions Form will be utilized

Question 14

In misdemeanor cases, the General Offense Report will reflect the issuance of the Assault Victim Instructions form on the _________

Answer 14

last line of the “case summary”

example: “Assault Form 596 issued.”

Question 15

In those cases that the investigating officer has doubts as to the referral of the case, the officer should issue the__________ to the complainant.

Answer 15

Assault Victim Instructions form

Question 16

When issuing the form, officers are not to advise the complainant that the investigative aide will contact them. The victim must
comply with the instructions indicated at the bottom of the form and contact the ______, ______but within, ______, in person or by telephone.

Answer 16

1. Assaults Detail Desk
2. after three (3) days
3. Ten (10) days

Question 17

Each working day during normal business hours 8:00am and 4:00pm an ______ will be assigned to the Assault Detail Desk.

Answer 17

1. Investigative aide

2. Assault Detail Desk

Question 18

The _______will be assigned the responsibility of latent investigation of misdemeanor cases in which complainants have responded to the Assault Instructions form.

Answer 18

investigative aide

Question 19

The investigative aide will assign the case by _________in the computer system as “active.”

Answer 19

self-assignment

Question 20

The investigative aide will purge the Assault Detail Case File of those cases in which complainants did not contact the Assault
Detail Desk within ______.

Answer 20

30 days