Mock Investigation Final Report

ntroduction: After completing Lab 6 assignment prepare a final police report (CASE FILE) for submission to the District Attorney’s office.

Note: The above file/document is the format to follow for this assignment. However, you must replace/fill in your own work in place of what is provided in this document.

Your assignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool.

The Assignment Instructions: This assignment requires you to generate a final police report (CASE FILE) and submit it to the District Attorney’s (DA) office (for this assignment the DA is your instructor), which details all of the significant facts and investigative activity performed during the investigation. Submit the report just like you would any other document- attach it after clicking on this link.

Here is the final report format. Download the report, complete it per these and the supplemental instructions contained in the report, then submit your report in this link (as described above).

Additional Instructions for Report:

1. Complete the administrative/biographical section of the final report. Ensure to include information pertaining to your victim, suspects, and witnesses. If you were not provided certain information (such as phone numbers of suspects, addresses, etc.) you may enter fictitious information. If you were provided information, it is required to enter it accurately.

2. Complete the case summary portion of the report. Each investigative activity and document completed in the mock crime scenario must be documented in a separate paragraph of your report using the 5W report writing format. Ensure all relevant information that helped lead to the arrest of the suspect is included. Use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is required.

3. The final portion of your report is an exhibit list (for example: Incident Report, Chain of Custody Evidence Track Form, Witness or Suspect Statement, etc.). It is similar to an enclosure list. This is a chronological list of all of the documents you prepared during the process of the investigation. It is your responsibility to obtain information and documents (if any needed) from your instructor. Each document should be listed in chronological order. Please see the attached final report document for further instructions as an example to guide you through this process.

You will submit the final report (CASE FILE) with the narrative section and exhibit list along with all of your exhibits.

Resources: You may consult with your instructor for guidance in report writing or simply review previous power point presentations.

Grading Criteria: See Rubric (click on My Grades tab).

To Submit: Click on Mock Case Final Report.