Which of the following recommendations was a result of the RAND study of police investigations?

Question

Officers should dedicate greater effort to locating witnesses through the use of a neighborhood canvass.
Police departments should develop guidelines regulating the use of evidence technicians in routine cases such as burglary when there has been no physical injury to victims.
Post-arrest activities should be coordinated more closely with the prosecutor’s office.	Greater emphasis should be placed on the collection and use of physical evidence when applicable.

Answer 1

The RAND findings concentrated more on what does not work than what worked. Data obtained from the investigation report complied recommended that patrol officers should have more role in preliminary investigations, post-arrest activities should be coordinated more closely with the prosecutor’s office, more resources should be devoted to latent prints and departments should distinguish between special investigations and routine clerical processing.

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https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=70272