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Chapter 4 The Narrative-Continuation Page and Follow-up Report Exam Questions and Answers
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Chapter 4 The Narrative-Continuation Page and Follow-up Report Exam
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Chapter 4: The Narrative-ContinuationPage and Follow-up Report Exam
The continuation page - Answers -The narrative part of your report, written by the same
person who wrote the face page and provides information for which there was no room
allotted on the face page.
Agencies commonly call additional information what? - Answers -Continuation pages,
follow-up reports, or supplementary reports or material.
Follow up report - Answers -Provides information secured through further investigation.
Its is usually written by someone other than the initial writer.
Supplementary report or material - Answers -Refers to attachments that can be added
to the face page, continuation page or follow-up pages. They may include the waiver,
receipt, release, test results, lab analysis or other reports in connection with incident.
What is your purpose in law enforcement and while writing a report? - Answers -To be
completely impartial in recording facts so that the peculiarities of each situation may be
objectively interpreted by your readers
It is natural for you to believe that your suspect is guilty. - Answers -This is true. And it is
natural to "forget" (whether actually or intentionally) to record things that apparently
favor the suspect's defense.
Objectivity - Answers -Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or
prejudices. Your work will be more credible and uphold better in court if your facts are
obviously unbiased.
Who are your readers? - Answers -Anyone above you in the chain of command,
Supervisors, employers, lawyers, judges and jurors will evaluate you, as well as, your
agency based on the caliber of your report.
The tickler system - Answers -Cards, often 3x5, that may be color-coded, are attached
to the report folder or sent to the officers to alert them of an omission, a discrepancy or
that something must be completed by a specific time about a certain report.
Writing times into a report - Answers -Most occurrences in the criminal justice system
are recorded a sequence of time and in the past tense, since they have already
occurred. Exact time should be used only for highlighted event within the report, such as
arrival time, time suspect arrested and time transport began and ended.
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