Crime Recording Decision-Making Process

Deciding if a crime should be recorded: They will then decide if an incident will be recorded as a notable offence. For offences against an identified victim if, on the balance of probability:
The circumstances as reported amount to a crime defined by law (the police will determine this, based on their knowledge of the law and counting rules). There is no credible evidence to the contrary. For offences against the state the points to prove to evidence the offence must clearly be made out, before a crime is recorded.” Because the rules place an obligation on the police to accept what the victim says unless there is “credible evidence to the contrary”, the following reasons are insufficient to justify not recording a crime: The victim declines to provide personal …show more content…
Effectively, a more victim orientated approach is advocated.”6. “An allegation should be considered as made, at the first point of contact, i.e. the stage at which the victim or a person reasonably assumed to be acting on behalf of the victim first makes contact with the police, be that by phone, etc. or in person. If an alleged or possible victim cannot be contacted or later refuses to provide further detail, the Crime Recording Decision Making Process (CDDMP) should be based on all available first contact information.” Forces’ processes for deciding if a crime should be recorded Forces operate different processes for deciding if a crime should be recorded and this has implications for the scope of their incident logs. For example, in cases where a member of the public reports an incident by telephone: Some forces initially record all calls as an incident and deploy an officer to the scene. The officer then decides if there has been a crime and, if there has, records the crime on the force crime system. In these