Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following are guidelines for officers writing incident reports? - CORRECT
ANSWER - All of the answers are correct.
A small study of police officers' field notes from witness interviews showed that they failed to
include ________% of crime-relevant information in their reports. - CORRECT
ANSWER - 40
Incident reports are a secondary source of investigative information. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
The use of public online reporting systems did not become widespread: - CORRECT
ANSWER - during and after the Great Recession
Law enforcement policies often state that certain types of crimes must be reported to the
appropriate investigative unit supervisor for determination whether a detective will be sent to the
scene. Which of the following is an example of a crime that requires notification of the
supervisor of the appropriate investigative unit? - CORRECT ANSWER - All of the
answers are correct.
A police car with a computer on which to write an incident is a major asset. What percentage of
officers have vehicles with such computers? - CORRECT ANSWER - 93
Regarding the value of stolen property, which statement is true? - CORRECT ANSWER -
All of the answers are correct.
From a sampling of police policies, which statement is true about officers interacting with
transgender people/persons? - CORRECT ANSWER - Use the pronouns appropriate to
their preferred gender or gender expression.
, According to law enforcement agencies using eCitations, the shift from using handwritten traffic
citations is from 16 minutes to ________ minutes. - CORRECT ANSWER -8
Which statement about body-worn cameras (BWCs) is most accurate? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Releasing BWC recordings to the news media or public creates the risk that
they could be misinterpreted.
There are about nine million people in the transgender community. They are the victims of
18.7% of all reported single-bias crimes. What percentage of the transgender community
perceives hostility toward them by law enforcement officers? - CORRECT ANSWER - 21
Assume a person was present at a crime scene but left before the responding officer arrived. The
officer should gather information about that person, such as what period was the person present,
what did the person say or do while there, what relationship the person has with the victim or
suspect, and did the person leave or take anything from the scene. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
An often-quoted figure is that handwritten incident reports take ________ minutes to complete,
depending on their complexity. - CORRECT ANSWER - 30-45
Which of the following should be routinely recorded in a report? - CORRECT ANSWER -
All of the answers are correct
When taking field notes, an officer can use nonverbal cues to encourage a person to continue
speaking. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Field notes can be made with any writing instrument. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
In State v. Samander V. Dabas, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that: - CORRECT
ANSWER - field notes cannot be destroyed and are subject to discovery by attorneys.