Deck 8: Repeat Incidents and Tactical Data Collection

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of Modus operandi MO):

A)Point of entry
B)Method of entry
C)Suspect's actions
D)Suspect's description

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A description of a person's static physical characteristics is called their:

A)Physical description
B)Physical condition
C)Unique identifier
D)Depiction of the offender

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Police personnel use repeat incident reports to identify repeat offenders.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Tactical crime analysis primarily uses calls for service data for analysis.

Question 5

All of the following are types of field information important in pattern analysis except:

A)Suspicious persons
B)Suspicious vehicles
C)Persons who locked their keys in their car
D)Individuals with unique scars, marks, or tattoos

Question 6

A type of data in which patrol officers in the field capture from incidents there is not enough probable cause to take a police report, but additional information about the incident, the person, or a vehicle is worth collecting:

A)FO cards
B)Intelligence information
C)Field information
D)Patrol investigation data

Question 7

Which is NOT an important consideration when developing a repeat incident report?

A)The time period of the report
B)The number of calls that constitute a repeat location
C)The type of calls included
D)The variables included in the report
E)All are important

Question 8

Which type of data is used to identify repeat incident locations?

A)Crime reports
B)Calls for service
C)Arrests
D)UCR

Question 9

Which type of crime is least likely to be examined in tactical crime analysis?

A)Theft from vehicle
B)Commercial burglary
C)Domestic assault
D)Residential burglary
E)Robbery

Question 10

Tactical crime analysis

A)Focuses on crimes in which the offender and the victim know one another
B)Seeks to identify patterns of crimes where the suspects are not known
C)Seeks to link persons, incidents, locations of organized crime
D)Provides police managers with long term analysis of crime trends

Question 11

Tactical crime analysis seeks to identify patterns of burglary, robbery, and stranger rape.

Question 12

How many calls at one address typically make up a repeat incident?

A)Three in four weeks
B)Five in seven weeks
C)Ten in one week
D)None of the above

Question 13

A description of characteristics of the person that are not static, but that may changed is called:

A)Physical description
B)Physical condition
C)Unique identifier
D)Depiction of the offender

Question 14

Modus operandi MO) is:

A)A Latin term meaning "mode of the crime"
B)A Latin term meaning literally "method of procedure"
C)A description of why the crime occurred
D)A description of the offender's motivation

Question 15

Vehicles may be used in the commission a crime for all of the following ways except:

A)Transportation to and from crime locations
B)Weapons
C)Methods of entry
D)Stolen vehicle

Question 16

A person who was seen committing the crime or about whom there is enough evidence to believe he or she committed the crime:

A)Mention
B)Sex offender
C)Suspect
D)Known offender

Question 17

Repeat incident reports are distributed on a monthly basis.

Question 18

The purpose of a repeat incident location report is to:

A)Analyze all calls for service activity
B)Conduct statistics on the times and days of the incidents
C)Identify addresses with short-term repetitive activity
D)To respond to patterns of activity