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| Photographic Line-Ups and Field Show-Ups |
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| is the showing of photographs to an eyewitness for the purpose of identifying or eliminating suspects. |
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| is an officer or other personnel authorized by a law enforcement agency who displays a photo array to a potential witness. The term also applies to an officer or other personnel authorized by a law enforcement agency, who conducts a field show-up with a witness. |
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| is an officer administering a photo array who has no knowledge who the potential suspect is in the photo array. |
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| INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR |
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| is a person whose identification by sight of another person may be relevant in a criminal proceeding. |
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| is a procedure utilized when an independent administrator is not utilized, permitting the officer to conduct a photographic line-up in a manner that precludes him from knowing when the photograph of the potential suspect is viewed by the witness. |
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| Functional Equivalent Procedure |
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| are photographs of persons other than the suspect, used to complete a photo array and bring the total number of photos in the array to six photos. |
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Photographic line-ups shall only be conducted when a specific suspect is developed during an investigation or when a suspect has been narrowed to a specific group of individuals. Random suspect photographic line-ups are prohibited.
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which form is presented to the witness Prior to viewing the photo array, to indicate, in writing that they:
(1) Understand each of the elements governing the display of the photo array; and
(2) Understand they are not obligated to identify anyone and that the investigation will continue regardless of whether or not they make a selection. |
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| Photographic Line-up Witness Instruction Form (P-0711 |
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| An individual may be temporarily detained in circumstances where an officer lacks probable cause for an arrest, but possesses a reasonable, articulable suspicion the individual has been involved in the commission of a criminal offense. For example, the individual matches the general description provided by an eyewitness of an individual who is connected to a criminal offense. In these circumstances, a ?? may be conducted rather than simply releasing a potentially culpable suspect |
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| Field show-ups generally should be conducted within ?? hours of the crime being reported, unless extraordinary circumstances exist. |
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| supervisor approval is required to conduct a show up. |
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| a witness should sign and date the what form indicating he or she understands the field show-up instructions |
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| Field Show-up Witness Instruction Form (P-0712 |
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