TCOLE BPOC EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures to be followed when dealing
with crimes against property..
Answer: • Establish whether a crime has been committed. Arrest the
perpetrator. Determine the type of crime by category and, if possible, by
specific classification.
• In eyewitness cases, secure a description of the perpetrator, vehicle (if
any), direction of flight, and transmit information to dispatcher for
broadcast to other units.
• Locate and interview the victim and witnesses. Record stories and take
statements. Secure and accurately record identity, addresses, and other
necessary data for future contacts.
• Protect the crime scene. Search for and collect objects and traces that
are obviously evidence or likely to be evidence. Mark evidence for
identification and protect it from change, loss, damage, or
contamination. Safeguard it to protect its integrity by maintaining
control from the time evidence is found until trial.
• Determine how the crime was committed, the extent of personal
injuries and the nature and value of property taken.
• Record in field notes and sketches all data about the crime, the stories
of the various participants and witnesses, the crime-scene search and
evidence collected and its disposition, measurements taken at the scene
,and other pertinent information. Arrange for a photographic summary of
the crime scene and major items of evidence, make required reports.
⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures- homicide.
Answer: • Care for injured persons.
• Protect the integrity of the crime scene.
• Determine what offense, as near as possible, has been committed.
• Record the scene.
• Seal the scene.
• Identify the victim.
• Develop tentative crime theory
• Obtain names, addresses, etc. of all living victims and witnesses.
• Interview witnesses and living victims.
• Determine time of death.
• Determine place of death (if different from scene of discovery).
• Determine cause of death.
• Determine means of death.
• Ascertain background and activities of victim.
• Determine motive.
• Prepare preliminary report.
⩥ activities noted.
,Answer: Many of the _______________ may be handled by crime scene
search unit and criminal investigators. The officer conducting a
preliminary investigation needs to be familiar with and adhere to
departmental policy.
⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures- assaults.
Answer: • Care for injured, record injuries
• Process scene
• Determine type of dispute (origin, place, time, participants, witnesses)
• Identify weapon or weapons
• Interview participants and witnesses
• Prepare preliminary report
⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures- sexual assault.
Answer: • Aid the victim (includes care for injuries as well as emotional
support)
• Preserve evidence (at scene as well as victim and clothing)
• Document injuries
• Photograph or videotape area
• Interview witnesses (if any)
• Interview victim
• Prepare preliminary report
, ⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures- child abuse and exploitation.
Answer: • Reconstruct the event or events.
• Determine if a crime has been committed.
• Identify person or persons responsible.
• Take appropriate action to protect child.
• Prepare preliminary report.
⩥ Elements of a continuing investigation.
Answer: • Follow up the preliminary investigation and initiate or
continue inquiries among basic investigative leads to the identification
and arrest of the perpetrator and associates, if any.
• Develop and revise a scheme of the crime.
• Analyze the legal significance of information and evidence.
• Continue the search for witnesses, the liaison with witnesses
interviewed during the preliminary investigation, the interviews with
new witnesses, and the necessary re-interviews with original witnesses.
• Prepare appropriate line-ups.
o When conducting the line-up procedure,
explain to students the distinction between a
simultaneous and a sequential identification procedure.
o Sequential identification procedure can be
utilized in both live and photo line-ups.
• When conducting line-ups instruct the witness
SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures to be followed when dealing
with crimes against property..
Answer: • Establish whether a crime has been committed. Arrest the
perpetrator. Determine the type of crime by category and, if possible, by
specific classification.
• In eyewitness cases, secure a description of the perpetrator, vehicle (if
any), direction of flight, and transmit information to dispatcher for
broadcast to other units.
• Locate and interview the victim and witnesses. Record stories and take
statements. Secure and accurately record identity, addresses, and other
necessary data for future contacts.
• Protect the crime scene. Search for and collect objects and traces that
are obviously evidence or likely to be evidence. Mark evidence for
identification and protect it from change, loss, damage, or
contamination. Safeguard it to protect its integrity by maintaining
control from the time evidence is found until trial.
• Determine how the crime was committed, the extent of personal
injuries and the nature and value of property taken.
• Record in field notes and sketches all data about the crime, the stories
of the various participants and witnesses, the crime-scene search and
evidence collected and its disposition, measurements taken at the scene
,and other pertinent information. Arrange for a photographic summary of
the crime scene and major items of evidence, make required reports.
⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures- homicide.
Answer: • Care for injured persons.
• Protect the integrity of the crime scene.
• Determine what offense, as near as possible, has been committed.
• Record the scene.
• Seal the scene.
• Identify the victim.
• Develop tentative crime theory
• Obtain names, addresses, etc. of all living victims and witnesses.
• Interview witnesses and living victims.
• Determine time of death.
• Determine place of death (if different from scene of discovery).
• Determine cause of death.
• Determine means of death.
• Ascertain background and activities of victim.
• Determine motive.
• Prepare preliminary report.
⩥ activities noted.
,Answer: Many of the _______________ may be handled by crime scene
search unit and criminal investigators. The officer conducting a
preliminary investigation needs to be familiar with and adhere to
departmental policy.
⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures- assaults.
Answer: • Care for injured, record injuries
• Process scene
• Determine type of dispute (origin, place, time, participants, witnesses)
• Identify weapon or weapons
• Interview participants and witnesses
• Prepare preliminary report
⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures- sexual assault.
Answer: • Aid the victim (includes care for injuries as well as emotional
support)
• Preserve evidence (at scene as well as victim and clothing)
• Document injuries
• Photograph or videotape area
• Interview witnesses (if any)
• Interview victim
• Prepare preliminary report
, ⩥ preliminary investigatory procedures- child abuse and exploitation.
Answer: • Reconstruct the event or events.
• Determine if a crime has been committed.
• Identify person or persons responsible.
• Take appropriate action to protect child.
• Prepare preliminary report.
⩥ Elements of a continuing investigation.
Answer: • Follow up the preliminary investigation and initiate or
continue inquiries among basic investigative leads to the identification
and arrest of the perpetrator and associates, if any.
• Develop and revise a scheme of the crime.
• Analyze the legal significance of information and evidence.
• Continue the search for witnesses, the liaison with witnesses
interviewed during the preliminary investigation, the interviews with
new witnesses, and the necessary re-interviews with original witnesses.
• Prepare appropriate line-ups.
o When conducting the line-up procedure,
explain to students the distinction between a
simultaneous and a sequential identification procedure.
o Sequential identification procedure can be
utilized in both live and photo line-ups.
• When conducting line-ups instruct the witness
