SU02 Identifying the suspect/offender Flashcards
Before allowing a witness to identify the suspect, what should you do?
Take a statement from the witness which includes a full description of the suspect and circumstances in which the suspect was seen.
What are the four methods of suspect identification?
Visual identification - photo montage and ID parade
Voice identification
Finger, palm and foot prints
Forensic - DNA, hair, saliva, sweat
How many photos must be in a photo montage?
The suspect and no fewer than 7 others of likeness.
What are the seven requirements when conducting formal procedures?
It occurs as soon as practicable after the offence is reported.
The suspect is compared to no fewer than seven others, who are similar in appearance to the suspect being identified.
No indication is made to the person making the identification about who among the people in the procedure is the suspect.
The person making the identification is informed that the suspect may or may not be among the people in the procedure.
A written record of the procedure followed is sworn to be true and complete by the officer who conducted the procedure, and is provided to the judge and defendant.
A pictorial record of what the person making the identification looked at is prepared and certified to be true and complete by the officer who conducted the procedure, and is provided in court to the judge and defendant.
The procedure complies with any relevant regulations.
What are the six good reasons for not conducting a formal procedure?
The suspect refuses to take part in a formal procedure and police do not already hold a photo or video that shows a true likeness of the suspect.
The suspect has a singular appearance.
The suspect has substantially changed their appearance after the offence occurred.
No officer involved in the investigation or the prosecution of the offence could have reasonably anticipated that identification would have been an issue at the trial.
An identification of the suspect was made to an officer soon after the offence was reported and in the course of the initial investigation.
As identification of the suspect was made to an officer after a chance meeting between the person who made the identification and the suspect.
