MCQ Flashcards
(16 cards)
Some incidents notified to Police are not initially identifiable as a homicide. What is one of these incidents?
- Hit and Run vehicular collision
- report of a missing person
- sudden unexplained death of an infant
- unexplained death
- report of an abduction
- report of violence where no fatalities are anticipated
- crime scene without a body present
- suicide
- fatal fire
- drug related deaths.
What best describes a Family?
Includes partners, parents, siblings, children, guardians, whanau and any others who have had a direct and close relationship with the victim.
Part of the duties of the OC witness is to provide specific instructions to the witness attending court. What is included in the instruction given to the witness?
- Ensure they don’t discuss the case in public areas while waiting to give evidence
- have any contact or communication with jurors
- discuss the case with witnesses waiting after they have given evidence.
What is an appreciation under Part 1 initial response to a serious crime chapter in the Police manual?
A proven method of problem solving.
At the conclusion of the Post Mortem, the OC Body must hand all exhibits to the OC Exhibits. What else must he provide
The Post Mortem scene exhibit schedule, copy of the OC Body’s notebook entries and formal statement.
At a scene of an unexplained death, who is ultimately responsible for ensuring how the removal and examination of the body will be managed?
OC Investigation
During a homicide investigation, the OC investigation, in consultation with the OC body, must make an appreciation in respect of the post-mortem examination to be performed. What factor should be considered during the process?
- Identification of the body at the mortuary
- Authority from the Coroner to conduct post-mortem
- Consultation with the pathologist
- Safe custody of exhibits
- Identifying who should attend the post-mortem
- Requirement for any specific need for examination or sampling based on the known facts of the case
- Appropriate resources at the post-mortem, for packaging exhibits and taking photographs
- Family and/or cultural considerations arising from the post-mortem
- Any likely requirement for a second or subsequent post-mortem.
On some occasions it may be necessary to conduct a prompt, preliminary interview with a witness who possess information or material that is likely to rapidly progress the investigation, Information from this interview may lead to the early identification or arrest of a suspect, the recovery of evidence or information relevant to the offence, or the prevention of the imminent disposal or destruction of the evidence connected to the investigation.
What else may this information lead to?
- early identification or arrest of a suspect
- recovery of evidence or information relevant to the offence
- prevention of the imminent disposal or destruction of evidence connected to the investigation
- prevention of the commission of other offences.
Upon the completion of the Area Canvass phase the OC Area Canvass must submit a report to the OC Investigation outlining the circumstances of this particular aspect of the investigation. The report must contain the summary of all action taken and draw attention to any action that has been undertaken, which was outside the original phase.
What else must the report contain?
Any significant findings highlighted.
The initial Police responders must assess the situation quickly yet carefully and decide what the most important things to do are and how and in what order they should be done. Two of the functions of the first responders are to attend the scene at an early stage and to take control of the situation.
What is the third primary function of the first Police responders?
Co-ordinating tasks.
Fingerprints, DNA profiling and Dental Records are three methods to identify a body.
What other method of ID may be used to assist?
- Personal Effects.
- fingerprints
- DNA profiling (identification results take 3-4 weeks or 48 hours for urgent analysis)
- dental records, available through the Region Forensic Dentistry Advisor
- eye examination records
- medical examination records, including scars, birth marks, implants or prosthetics, x-rays, surgical
- wounds, amputations and tattoos
- facial reconstruction.
Where a family member is suspected of being involved in the offence, what action needs to be taken by the OC Investigation before a FLO is deployed?
Conduct an appreciation
Developing a strategy for the examination of exhibits is a priority for the OC Exhibits. The strategy is continually reviewed and must be approved by the OC Investigation.
Which of the following is covered during the Forensic Strategy Meeting?
- What examinations ESR and others could conduct on the exhibits.
- The priority each examination should receive.
- Whether any further work is needed to assist a reconstruction.
- A plan for any work to be completed that is required to assist the reconstruction.
- An agreed reconstruction of the events relevant to the crime under investigation.
One of the most important considerations throughout a homicide investigation is collecting information from, and coordinating support for the deceased’s family, which is a concept considered by the Police central to the success of the investigation.
What best describes this concept?
Families should be seen as partners in the investigations.
What must every Police member who undertakes any course of action at a crime scene first consider?
What risks may exist.
In smaller investigations, the OC Exhibits in conjunction with the OC investigation may conduct an appreciation and facilitate a thorough interrogation of every exhibit.
The purpose of this procedure is to consider the evidential value of each exhibit, to determine further enquiries that are needed, and what else?
To investigate opportunities presented by each exhibit.
