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    Officer Tempto saw smoke rising from a wooded lot and investigated. He saw two boys run from the woods and followed them. The boys froze when they saw the officer's patrol car. The officer questioned the boys, Jimmy Tonger and Sam Stone, who gave different stories about what they were doing in the woods. The officer took pictures of the boys and reported the incident to Detective Santos for further investigation.

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    Officer Tempto saw smoke rising from a wooded lot and investigated. He saw two boys run from the woods and followed them. The boys froze when they saw the officer's patrol car. The officer questioned the boys, Jimmy Tonger and Sam Stone, who gave different stories about what they were doing in the woods. The officer took pictures of the boys and reported the incident to Detective Santos for further investigation.

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    Practice Writing A Report: Scenario 1

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    Practice Writing a Report: Scenario 1

    Use this scenario to practice writing a criminal justice report. This is a Type 4 scenario (the
    officer initiates the action). After you finish your report, you can compare your version to
    a finished professional report by clicking the link.

    At approximately 12:42 this afternoon, you were driving to Cathy’s Cafe to eat lunch. You
    passed a wooded lot at the intersection of Post Street and Pine Avenue. You saw smoke rising
    from the interior of the wooded area. You stopped to investigate.

    Suddenly two boys walked out from between the trees. They saw your patrol car and started
    running south along Pine Avenue.

    You called the fire department, reported the fire, and gave the location. Then you followed
    the boys, who were running towards the E-Z Shoppe at the southwest corner of Pine Avenue
    and Carter Street. You pulled into the E-Z Shoppe lot, parked your car, and exited. The boys
    saw you and froze.

    You questioned the boys, whose names are Jimmy Tonger (DOB 9/4/01, 1311 Conley Road)
    and Sam Stone (DOB 2/2/01, 1335 Conley Road). Neither boy was carrying anything. Tonger
    told you he and Stone had a secret club that met in the wooded lot, and they didn’t start the
    fire. Stone said they had a stash of “dirty magazines” that they kept in a cardboard box in the
    wooded lot, and they were going home to report the fire.

    You used your department cell phone to take a picture of each boy. You called headquarters
    and spoke to Detective Camille Santos. You gave her the boys’ names and addresses for
    further investigation. You drove back to the wooded lot, parked your patrol car, and talked to
    firefighter Janice Wilkes, who told you the fire had already been extinguished.

    You returned to the station house, downloaded the pictures you had taken, and turned them
    over to Detective Santos.

    (Reminder: Of course you suspect the boys of starting the fire. But it’s not appropriate to
    report hunches, suspicions, or any other thoughts in a police report. Record only what you
    heard, saw, and did.)
    Scenario 1 ANSWER
    This is a police report based on the Type 4 scenario you just read. If you’ve written your own
    version, compare it to the version below.
    At approximately 12:42 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, I, Officer Ken Tempto #08124, saw
    smoke rising above a wooded lot at the intersection of Post Street and Pine Avenue. I was on
    my way to lunch at Cathy’s Cafe and pulled over onto the grassy area at the northwest corner
    to investigate.
    Less than a minute later I saw two male youths walk out from between the trees. When they
    saw my patrol car, they began running south on Pine Avenue.
    I called the fire department, reported the fire, and gave the location. I then followed the boys
    as they ran toward the E-Z Shoppe at the southwest corner of Pine Avenue and Carter Street.
    I parked in the E-Z Shoppe parking lot and exited my vehicle. The boys  saw me standing
    there and froze. Neither boy was carrying anything.
    I talked first to Jimmy Tonger (DOB 9/4/01, 1311 Conley Road). He told me he and Stone
    had a secret club that met in the wooded lot, and they didn’t start the fire. I then talked to Sam
    Stone (DOB 2/2/01, 1335 Conley Road). Stone said he and Tonger had a stash of “dirty
    magazines” that they kept in a cardboard box in the wooded lot. He said they smelled smoke,
    were afraid, and ran toward the street. He said he and Tonger were going home to report the
    fire.
    I used my department cell phone to take a picture of Tonger and of Stone. I then called
    headquarters and spoke to Detective Camille Santos. I gave her the boys’ names and
    addresses for further investigation. I drove back to the wooded lot, parked my patrol car, and
    talked to firefighter Janice Wilkes, who told me the fire had already been extinguished.
    I returned to the station house, downloaded and printed the pictures of Tonger and Stone, and
    gave them to Detective Santos.

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