Chapters 4&5

Chapter 4 is all about describing people and property. The chapter provides key things to follow when describing people by giving them proper titles. For example: "Jim the witness" would be an accurate description of a witness. There are many important characters that you ideally want to document however. You want to at the minimum document the victim, the reporting parties, the suspects, and witnesses. However the rules of thumb is the more people the better, so you can't go wrong adding more people to your report so you may go over it at a later time. When describing property, be as through as possible so that a normal person could see multiple objects that look similar yet still choose the correct object described in the report. Also in regards to property reporting should be an damage, missing items, or any information relating to the crime that has occurred. Chapter 5 is more specific to crime reporting. The chapter its self has much detail about what goes into a crime report and why each section is important. Like most of the underlying theme in the book the theme is to be specific and get any and all important information you can.