We’ve previously discussed the matter of arresting a suspect for an offence (of murder) and interviewing them, but there is another option, and that is the voluntary interview. I have in the past been asked the following question; Circumstantial evidence to arrest – what can this be as little as? I get confused. At one […]
Writing Crime – The Custody Suit and Booking In
Last time saw us making an arrest. So, what do we do with our newly handcuffed offender now? You do have them handcuffed, don’t you? Or should you? Actually, you should only officially handcuff them if one of three specific grounds are in play. You suspect they will attempt to escape. You suspect they will […]
Writing Crime – Making An Arrest
We’ve found our body, done the post-mortem and searched our premises, where we’ve now found our suspected offender. So what are we going to do? Well, we’re going to arrest him, of course. But, let us step back a moment. Before you’ve gone into that search, your SIO (Senior Investigating Officer) will have recorded an […]
Writing Crime – Voluntary Interviews
As I mentioned in last week’s post, about the police caution, we are going to discuss voluntary interviews this week. This was the question that started us down this path, originally. When someone is brought in for questioning with no evidence (as in you are still gathering and you ask them to help with […]