What issues should officers consider when dealing with the victims or witnesses of a robbery?

What will be an ideal response?


Robbery usually leaves victims and witnesses feeling vulnerable and fearful, making it difficult for them to give accurate descriptions and details of what occurred. Officers should be patient. Witnesses to a robbery suffer varying degrees of trauma even though they have not lost any property. They may have had to lie on the floor or have been placed in a locked room or a bank vault, possibly fearing that the robber would return and kill them. Their ability to recall precise details is further impaired by the suddenness of the crime.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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