imagine being a police officer dispatched to an assault call. Using the basic information provided, describe a narrative for a police report, but imagine that you have interviewed witnesses, and then describe in your report what they may have seen or heard. In addition, you can also give the characters in your report names, races, and ages.

Chapter 4 Assignment, place the events listed in what you believe to be the correct chronological order.

• Classify the following as UCR Part I or Part II Offenses:

A male was shot in a drive by shooting and later died.

A friend hit his friend over the head with a beer bottle causing injury.

A young female wrote a bad check to pay her electric bill.

A business executive embezzled money from the company where they work.

A female charged with possession of marijuana.

A person arrested for stealing a truck.

A person arrested who set fire to a residence after robbing it.

After an argument with her boyfriend, she stabbed him with the intent to kill him.

A person arrested for driving under the influence.

Chapter 4

• Write the following information out in narrative form. Do they use headings and subheadings? Is the narrative easy to read?

The following information is for an assault call.

The officer was dispatched with backup at 1800. The first officer arrived at 1810 and the second officer arrived at 1815.

The location is an apartment in an upscale apartment complex. The victim meets the officers at the security desk. She has a black eye, her lip and nose are bleeding, and she has several red marks on her lower arm. The officers follow her back to her apartment. She tells you the male half of the altercation left the residence, but he said he would be back to finish her off. Looking around the apartment, you notice shattered glass on the kitchen floor. You also notice a knife lying on the kitchen floor. You ask the individual if anyone had been drinking or using drugs. She tells you they both had a few glasses of wine before the altercation. She also tells you this is the first time they have ever had an argument.

The scenario provides the basic information. Have the student determine if there are witnesses and what they heard or saw. The student can also assign names, races, and ages to individuals.

Discuss the narratives. What other types of information do the students add to the narrative?

• Put the following in the order you feel is correct.

Arrested male subject, John Doe

Dispatched to scene of a male and female arguing

Interviewed male and female at the scene

Interviewed witness at the scene

Arrive at the scene

Transported arrested male to jail