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B. Telephone Interviews 1. Interviews of Private Individuals 2. Interviews of Business Persons 3. Interviews of Unidentified Persons C. Miscellaneous Reference Sources 1. Reference Books 2. Database Sources 3. Governmental Agencies 4. General Information Sources D. Site Examinations 1. Sites with Street Addresses 2. Sites without Street Addresses 3.3 Helpful Hints A. Handwritten Reports 1. Double-space 2. Use Dictionary 3. Review Edited Reports B. Word-processed Reports 1. Check Spelling 2. Review Edited Reports
4 DESCRIPTIONS 4.1 Descriptions of People A. Sex B. Race or Color C. Age D. Height E. Weight F. Build G. Posture H. Complexion I. Hair J. Eyes K. Peculiarities L. Dress 4.2 Descriptions of Vehicles A. Color B. Year C. Make D. Body Style E. And F. License Plate 4.3 Descriptions of Real Estate A. Class of Neighborhood B. Racial or Ethnic Composition C. Type of Neighborhood D. Type of Structures 4.4 Descriptions of Inanimate Objects
5 PUBLIC RECORDS 5.1 Importance of Accuracy 5.2 Subject Identifiers 5.3 Reporting All Information 5.4 Format for Reporting Developed Information A. Reporting Index Information Only B. Reporting File Information C. Hybrid Reporting 5.5 Format for Reporting Negative Search Results
6 INFORMANTS 6.1 Reasons for Confidentiality 6.2 Conflicts of Interest 6.3 Ways to Maintain Confidentiality
7 REPORT FORMATS 7.1 Styles of Reports A. Narrative B. Chronological C. Specialized D. Form (Pre-printed) E. Undercover 7.2 Types of Reports A. Initial Report B. Supplemental Reports 7.3 Information Included in Reports A. General Investigations B. Surveillance C. Insurance Investigations D. Background Investigations E. Location Investigations
8 ELEMENTS OF A PROFESSIONAL REPORT 8.1 Elements of a Report A. Factual B. Clear C. Complete D. Concise E. Legible F. Simplistic G. Sequential H. Grammatical 8.2 Proofreading 8.3 The 5-Ws Plus How A. Who? B. What? C. Where? D. When? E. Why? F. How? 8.4 Report Frequency A. Daily B. Weekly C. Consolidated
9 CAPITALIZATION 9.1 First Words A. Sentences B. Expressions Used as Sentences C. Lists or Outlines 9.2 Personal Names A. Prefix "O" B. Other Prefixes C. Confusion Avoidance 9.3 Proper Names 9.4 Adjectives Derived from Proper Nouns 9.5 Names of Places, Geographic Regions, and Locales 9.6 Rivers, Lakes, Seas, Mountains, and Oceans 9.7 Nationalities, Races, and Tribes 9.8 Names of Languages 9.9 Ships, Airplanes, and Space Vehicles 9.10 Familial Relationships A. Preceding a Person's Name B. In Place of a Person's Name 9.11 Titles 9.12 Key Words in Literary Titles 9.13 President and Vice-president 9.14 "The" in Legal Titles 9.15 The Pronoun "I" 9.16 Epithets 9.17 Deity 9.18 Months, Days of the Week, and Holidays 9.19 Trademarks 9.20 Laws 9.21 Courts 9.22 Geologic Terms 9.23 Abbreviations and Acronyms 9.24 Shortened Versions of Names 9.25 Names of Seasons 9.26 Nouns Followed by Letters or Numbers 9.27 Course Titles, Degrees, and Grades A. Course Titles B. Degrees C. Grades
10 Punctuation 10.1 Apostrophe A. Indicates Possession (either singular or plural) B. Indicates Joint Possession C. Indicates Individual Possession D. Indicates Singular Possession when Used in a series E. Indicates Omission of Figures in Dates F. Indicates Omission of Letters in Contractions G. Indicates Measurement H. Indicates the Possessive of Compounds 10.2 Brackets 10.3 Parenthesis A. Encloses Material B. Encloses Abbreviations C. Encloses Confirmation of Figures 10.4 Period 10.5 Question Mark A. Indicates the End of a Question B. Not Used in Indirect Questions C. Used to Show Doubt, or Uncertainty 10.6 Quotation Marks 10.7 Colon A. Introduces a List B. Separates Hours and Minutes C. Introduces an Extended Quotation 10.8 Comma A. Separates Elements B. Separates Elements of a Date, Address, or Data C. Sets off Non-restrictive Modifiers D. Sets off Direct Quotes E. Used Between Coordinate Adjectives F. Separates Series of Figures G. Sets off City, County, State H. Separates Titles, Degrees, and Generational Identifiers from Surnames I. Can't Separate Independent Clauses 10.9 Ellipsis 10.10 Hyphen A. Carries Over Words B. Joins Compound Numbers C. Joins Prefixes D. Substitutes for "To" E. Joins Elements of Some Compounds 10.11 Virgule A. Represents "Per" B. Represents "Or" C. Separates Successive Divisions 10.12 Numerals A. Dates, Measures, Hours and Addresses B. Numbers Under 100 C. Mixed Numbers D. Beginning of Sentence E. Casual Usage F. Ordinals 1. Text 2. Business Addresses 3. Corporate Names G. Decimal Fractions 10.13 Italicizing and Underlining
11 CONCLUDING THE REPORT 11.1 Synopsis 11.2 Investigator's Comments 11.3 Recommendations A. Suggestions for Future Work B. Guidance on Using Developed Information C. Causes Investigator to Consider Results 11.4 Supervisor's Comments 11.5 Summary
12 NOTES 12.1 Reasons for Taking Notes 12.2 Guidelines for Taking Notes A. Clearly Written B. Complete C. Concise D. Accurate E. Exact Quotes F. Slang, Profanity G. Avoidance of Insignificant Material H. Absence of Opinions 12.3 Note-taking Systems A. Pocket-sized Notebook B. Loose-leaf Notebook C. Legal Pad D. Tape Recorder E. Notebook Computer 12.4 Note-taking Format A. Case File Number B. Date and Investigator's Initials' C. Use Ink D. Accuracy E. Correct Spelling F. Legibility G. Fresh Paper H. Time and Place Notation I. Verbatim Comments J. Note All Information 12.5 Helpful Comments
13 HELPFUL HINTS 13.1 Importance of Report Professionalism 13.2 Unclear Meanings 13.3 Spelling 13.4 Commonly Misspelled Words 13.5 Similar but Different Words 13.6 Superfluous Words 13.7 Writer's Tips A. Keep Sentences Short B. Prefer the Simple C. Develop a Vocabulary D. Avoid Extra Words E. Use Concrete Words F. Write to Express, Not to Impress 13.8 Copying Errors 13.9 Proofreading Investigative Reports 13.10 Avoid Humor
14 SAMPLE INVESTIGATE REPORTS 14.1 Sample General Investigation Report 14.2 Sample Surveillance Report 14.3 Sample Undercover Investigation Report 14.4 Sample Form (Pre-printed) Report
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