Identify the legal basis for requiring investigative reports ✔ PC, section
11107 requires each sheriff or police chief executive to furnish reports
specified misdemeanors and felonies to the DOJ department of justice
Report must have ✔ Describe the nature and character of each crime,
includes supporting evidence collected, note all particular circumstances,
include all additional and supplemental information pertaining to the
suspected criminal activity
Why should the ability to write reports be personally important to you as a
correctional peace officer? ✔ Moral obligation, stand up to legal scrutiny,
and the right thing to do
Why are departmental reports important for the legal process in court
system, both criminal and civilly? ✔ legal process relies on departmental
reports as the main account of the event or incident
Identify the three-step process for taking notes during a full interview ✔
Listen attentively, take notes and ask questions, verify information
Identify the primary questions that must be answered within an effective
report ✔ Who, what, when, where, how, why (if possible)
Initial information ✔ Describe the officer's immediate observations of any
action taken upon arrival at the scene
identification of the crime ✔ the facts, or the evidence of a crime, referred
to as the corpus delicti it, or the body of the crime
Identification of involved parties ✔ Can include the person(s) who reported
the incident, victim(s), witness(es), or suspect(s)
, Witness/victim statements: ✔ helps place events in their proper sequence,
establish the elements of the crime
Crime scene specifics ✔ Physical condition of the scene it's self,
chronology of events, location of physical evidence
Property information: ✔ Such as brand names, model/serial numbers,
description like color, unique markings and dimensions, value of stolen
item, Location where the item was found or stolen and relationship of the
item to the crime/incident
CDCR correctional officer actions ✔ Complete report should clearly identify
all actions taken by an officer, actions can include Searches conducted,
seizures of evidence, arrests, standard procedures such as knock and
notice, field show up, Miranda admonishments, use of force, medical
attention, safety measures taken, disposition of suspect, methods used to
preserve evidence or capture essential information
CDCR memorandum ✔ Written for a variety of reasons, including lost staff
identification card, observed misconduct by staff or reports of inspection
Counseling only RVR ✔ used to document an inmates minor misconduct
CDCR form 128-B General chrono ✔ There are three types of this form 1
informational, 2 laudatory, and 3 confidential
RVR ✔ use to document inmates misconduct or misbehavior that is not
minor, categorized as either serious or administrative
CDCR form 837-C staff report and C1 supplement ✔ used to document an
incident you observed or were involved in
CDCR form 837-C2 Review Notice ✔ use when the information you
present on a CDCR form 837-C and C1 is unclear or incomplete
Identify the types of information classified as confidential under CCR title
15, Section 3321 ✔ Information, which, if known to the inmate, will
endanger the safety of any person, information which would jeopardize the
11107 requires each sheriff or police chief executive to furnish reports
specified misdemeanors and felonies to the DOJ department of justice
Report must have ✔ Describe the nature and character of each crime,
includes supporting evidence collected, note all particular circumstances,
include all additional and supplemental information pertaining to the
suspected criminal activity
Why should the ability to write reports be personally important to you as a
correctional peace officer? ✔ Moral obligation, stand up to legal scrutiny,
and the right thing to do
Why are departmental reports important for the legal process in court
system, both criminal and civilly? ✔ legal process relies on departmental
reports as the main account of the event or incident
Identify the three-step process for taking notes during a full interview ✔
Listen attentively, take notes and ask questions, verify information
Identify the primary questions that must be answered within an effective
report ✔ Who, what, when, where, how, why (if possible)
Initial information ✔ Describe the officer's immediate observations of any
action taken upon arrival at the scene
identification of the crime ✔ the facts, or the evidence of a crime, referred
to as the corpus delicti it, or the body of the crime
Identification of involved parties ✔ Can include the person(s) who reported
the incident, victim(s), witness(es), or suspect(s)
, Witness/victim statements: ✔ helps place events in their proper sequence,
establish the elements of the crime
Crime scene specifics ✔ Physical condition of the scene it's self,
chronology of events, location of physical evidence
Property information: ✔ Such as brand names, model/serial numbers,
description like color, unique markings and dimensions, value of stolen
item, Location where the item was found or stolen and relationship of the
item to the crime/incident
CDCR correctional officer actions ✔ Complete report should clearly identify
all actions taken by an officer, actions can include Searches conducted,
seizures of evidence, arrests, standard procedures such as knock and
notice, field show up, Miranda admonishments, use of force, medical
attention, safety measures taken, disposition of suspect, methods used to
preserve evidence or capture essential information
CDCR memorandum ✔ Written for a variety of reasons, including lost staff
identification card, observed misconduct by staff or reports of inspection
Counseling only RVR ✔ used to document an inmates minor misconduct
CDCR form 128-B General chrono ✔ There are three types of this form 1
informational, 2 laudatory, and 3 confidential
RVR ✔ use to document inmates misconduct or misbehavior that is not
minor, categorized as either serious or administrative
CDCR form 837-C staff report and C1 supplement ✔ used to document an
incident you observed or were involved in
CDCR form 837-C2 Review Notice ✔ use when the information you
present on a CDCR form 837-C and C1 is unclear or incomplete
Identify the types of information classified as confidential under CCR title
15, Section 3321 ✔ Information, which, if known to the inmate, will
endanger the safety of any person, information which would jeopardize the
