Note Taking
&
Report Writing
Grammar
Interviews & Interrogations
Legal
Potpourrie
100

This is the most important part of a report

What is the narrative?

100

He/Him, She/Her, They/Them, and I/me are examples of this part of speech

What are pronouns?

100
This is the suggested order in which you should conduct interviews

What is the victim first, then the witnesses, then the suspect last?

100

These are the four elements of the Miranda decision

What are custody, interrogation, understanding, and free/voluntary waiver of rights?

100

This is a solemn and formal declaration in place of an oath, usually taken to avoid the religious implications of an oath

What is an affirmation?

200

This helps you remember fact, complete reports, and prepare for a deposition or trial

What is Acurate Note Taking?

200

This point of view is from an outsiders perspective

What is Third Person?

200

During this part the interview, you will establish rapport and build and understanding with the interviewee

What is the warm-up stage?

200

F.S.S requires that an interviewee with this disability have the right to request that a mental health or other related professional be present at all interviews

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

200

Foot tapping, responding to questions with questions, attempting to change the line of questions, and refusing to look at the interviewer, are all examples of this

What are behavioral signs of deception?

300

This is the process of questioning a detained person when the questions are directly or indirectly intended to elicit an incriminating response

What is an interrogation?

300

This is where the subject of a sentence is placed before the verb

What is Active Voice?

300

Using these in your interviews and interrogations will encourage conversation and require the interviewee to think, reflect, and provide their opinions and feelings

What are Open-Ended Questions?

300

These are not subject to Miranda rules

What are basic questions/biographical data?

300

When evaluating your report, you should ensure you selected the appropriate words and used them correctly. This is an example of reviewing this

What is Vocabulary?

400

This way of organizing your report involves dividing things into groups with similar characteristics

What is by Category?

400

"Witnessed a bank robbery in progress." Is an example of this

What is a Scentence Fragment?

400

Appropriately matching another person's speech patterns, gestures, body language, mannerisms, or posture

What is Mirroring?

400

This phrase should be placed at the bottom of a statement that is written by an officer for a person who is unable to write

What is "Dictated by ____ and written by Deputy ____"

400

This part of speech links words and phrases, and provides temporal, spatial, and logical relationships

What is a Preposition?

500

The content of a narrative should answer these 4 questions

1. Why were you there?

2. What did you observe?

3. What did you do?

4. What were the outcomes?

500

Which sentence below is free of any grammatical errors?

1. Jim and Bob is brothers.

2. When Chase Elliot passed Alex Bowman on the last lap of the Quaker State 400, Laura yelled, "Why does nothing good ever happen to me!?"

3. I determined there were probable cause to arrest her for paraphanalia.

4. I was born on June 9th, 1997 at 1325 North Highland Avenue, Aurora, Illinois.

What is #2?

500

These are three tactics that should be avoided during an interview/interrogation

What are

1. Making threats

2. Promising leniency

3. Creating Physical Evidence for Use during an Interview

500

You are not allowed to continue questioning unless the suspect's attorney is present or the suspect reinitiated communication, when the suspect does this

What is When the suspect request an attorney?

500

This includes maintaining a demeanor that is reassuring, empathetic, and non-judgmental while interviewing

What is a Trauma-Informed Approach?