PRPA Crime
Scene
Management
EXAM
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Proper crime scene management has two main
elements: - answer 1. contact, identify, and collect
2. locate, preserve and collect
What are the responsibilities of the First officers at
the scene? (PO 5.1.1) - answer 1. Aiding the
injured
,2. Locating, identifying, and interviewing with
witnesses, victims, and suspects
3. Determine if a crime has been committed
4. Arresting suspects
5. Protecting the crime scene
After a ______ sweep of the area, aid the injured
first.
A. productive
B. protective
C. production - answer B: protective
Determining if a crime has been committed: (P.O.
5.1.1C) - answer 1. Try to determine what, if any,
crime has occurred.
(Title 13, city code, town charter)
,2. What is the corpus delicti (essential elements
pertaining to a crime) of the offense?
(ex. a shooting requires a gun)
Arresting suspects. (P.O. 5.1.1D) - answer 1.
Determine if there is probable cause to make an
arrest.
2. Make whatever arrest is reasonably necessary
under the circumstances.
3. Do not wait until the next day to make an arrest
or wait for investigators to make an arrest, the
suspect(s) may escape if you delay the arrest.
Protecting the crime scene. (P.O. 5.1.1E) - answer
1. ALWAYS protect the crime scene from being
contaminated (perimeter)
2. Do *not* let people into the crime scene area.
3. People that do enter the crime scene should log
in and out of the scene using a crime scene log.
, 4. Do *not* move or touch anything in the crime
scene area unless it is a matter of life or death.
5. Wait for the crime scene investigator and guard
the area until he/she arrives.
Recording conditions and events in field notes.
(P.O. 5.1.1F) - answer 1. Make physical notations of
the time, weather and physical conditions at the
crime scene when you arrived.
2. What did you observe with your five (5) senses?
Completing writing reports as required.(P.O. 5.1.1G)
- answer 1. Officers will usually write one (1) or
some combination of the following reports when
responding to a crime scene:
A. Face sheet of facts.
B. A narrative report of what the officer observed
and did.
Scene
Management
EXAM
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Proper crime scene management has two main
elements: - answer 1. contact, identify, and collect
2. locate, preserve and collect
What are the responsibilities of the First officers at
the scene? (PO 5.1.1) - answer 1. Aiding the
injured
,2. Locating, identifying, and interviewing with
witnesses, victims, and suspects
3. Determine if a crime has been committed
4. Arresting suspects
5. Protecting the crime scene
After a ______ sweep of the area, aid the injured
first.
A. productive
B. protective
C. production - answer B: protective
Determining if a crime has been committed: (P.O.
5.1.1C) - answer 1. Try to determine what, if any,
crime has occurred.
(Title 13, city code, town charter)
,2. What is the corpus delicti (essential elements
pertaining to a crime) of the offense?
(ex. a shooting requires a gun)
Arresting suspects. (P.O. 5.1.1D) - answer 1.
Determine if there is probable cause to make an
arrest.
2. Make whatever arrest is reasonably necessary
under the circumstances.
3. Do not wait until the next day to make an arrest
or wait for investigators to make an arrest, the
suspect(s) may escape if you delay the arrest.
Protecting the crime scene. (P.O. 5.1.1E) - answer
1. ALWAYS protect the crime scene from being
contaminated (perimeter)
2. Do *not* let people into the crime scene area.
3. People that do enter the crime scene should log
in and out of the scene using a crime scene log.
, 4. Do *not* move or touch anything in the crime
scene area unless it is a matter of life or death.
5. Wait for the crime scene investigator and guard
the area until he/she arrives.
Recording conditions and events in field notes.
(P.O. 5.1.1F) - answer 1. Make physical notations of
the time, weather and physical conditions at the
crime scene when you arrived.
2. What did you observe with your five (5) senses?
Completing writing reports as required.(P.O. 5.1.1G)
- answer 1. Officers will usually write one (1) or
some combination of the following reports when
responding to a crime scene:
A. Face sheet of facts.
B. A narrative report of what the officer observed
and did.
