A reporter arrives at a crime scene before the police. When the police arrive, the reporter is taking pictures and contaminating the crime scene. As the commander on the scene, what steps should you take?

What will be an ideal response?


While you need to consider the press's right to inform the public, you have an overriding duty to protect the crime scene. The reporter should be removed from the scene in a professional manner and the scene should be secured.

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a. True b. False

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Who is the "father of policing"?

A. Sir Henry Fielding B. O. W. Wilson C. August Vollmer D. John Augustus

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The volume of messages in a police organization is determined by the ______________________

a. number of personnel b. nature of the networks c. transmission of regulations d. All are correct

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