Members:

steven polidario
shereileen rebanal
jomer miraballes
• This initial investigation is the job or responsibility of the
patrol officer responding to the call.
• The aim is to have the uniformed police officer obtain all
information available at the crime scene so that this task
need not be repeated, the role of an investigator be
assigned to continue it.
• In this element of managing Special Crime Investigation, the case will be
determined whether to close it out, as unsolvable, or too recommended
further investigation.
• If the closing of a serious case is recommended, the case is re-evaluated by
another investigation officer. Called case screening, this process removes
cases from the workload, thus making resources available for those holding
greater promise of solution..
• When conducting a case screening, an investigation officer should utilizes
the information during the initial investigation taken by the patrol officer or
the first responder
• Under traditional arrangements, an investigator “caught”
cases by chance. This means that the individual on duty was
responsible for all cases that came in and for deciding
which to pursue and which to “can”, that is, keep in a
personal file, off the official record as warranting no
further effort.
1. The case load is uneven because they are dependent on the day of the
week that the tour of duty happens to fall, weekends being the heaviest.

2. The inefficient use of special talent.

• This become obvious when good robbery investigator is assigned to sex
crimes and a good sex crime investigator is assigned to a robbery

3. The lack of continuity resulting when an investigator keeps all moves

secret, is unavailable for unexpected development and informs no one else
about the “squeal”.
Delegates the responsibility for a continuing
investigation to the patrol officer, thereby reducing
the workload for investigators and releasing their
special skill to be deployed elsewhere.
The traditional practice, in the criminal justice system,
has been for each segment to act independently, with little
concern for other components parts but law enforcers
realize that cooperation to the other components of the
criminal justice system will leads to better satisfactory
performance in dealing with crimes.
With the goals of cooperation and understanding in mind, managing special
crime investigation outlines five essential steps:
1. Increased consultation between executives of the agencies.
2. Increased cooperation among supervisory personnel of the agency
3. The use of liaison officers to communicate to police personnel the
investigatory techniques and evidence standards that the prosecutor
requires to file a case.
4. Improved case preparation procedures, including the use of forms and
checklist.
5. Developing a system of formal and informal feedback to the police
dispositions
This was set up to give administrator’s continuous
feedback on the investigative process and the quality of
personnel performance. The monitoring might focus on
the percentage of cases assigned for continuing
investigation and, whether or not, the interval between
assignment and case closure has changed.
a) People
 the careful investigator identifies and exploits all potential sources.
b) Physical Evidence
 Includes any object of a material nature commonly found at the crime scene.
c) Records
 It maybe a form of physical evidence; however, they receive separate treatment because
they are widely scattered, voluminous and have specialists devoting full time to their storage
and retrieval. They may be stored on film, tape or even computer disc or hard drive.