Police National Computer

POLICE NATIONAL COMPUTER

The Police National Computer more commonly known as the "MDT" (Mobile Data Termial).

All information on the PNC is to be regarded as restricted. As such it must not be passed to members of the public.  

All police officers must have a PNC image in uniform along with Fingerprints added to avoid cross contaminatcontamination on crime scenes. In the  image must be professional in nature and the officer must not be wearing any mask in the image.  In addition to this, all officer must have their phone numbers in the notes section of their PNC Profile.  

MDT REPORTS

The report section of an incident report needs to contain enough information so that anyone who was not involved in the incident upon reading it would understand what has happened. This means it must include the:

• Approximate time of the incident;

• Location of the incident;

• Actions of the suspect;

• Any significant statements made by the suspect; 

• Details of any vehicle involved; Any Pictures?

• Any searches of the suspect; What section?

• Any items seized from the suspect;

• If a pursuit took place and tactics were authorized the authorizing officer;

• Any force used? If so what? 

• Guilty/Not Guilty plea

 Evidence Section

In the evidence section the following things need to be recorded;

• Any body-worn video of the incident

• Any Witness statements

• Any items seized from the suspect (If the officer writing the report wasn't the officer who seized them then the officer who seized them/will be booking them into evidence needs noting here)

ALL INCIDENT REPORTS MUST HAVE EITHER BWV OR A WITNESS STATEMENT ATTACHED

Note: This isn't a template, a template can be found on the MDT when writing a report.

As a CID officer, your Report should be held  to a higher standard and must have all the relevant evidence collected and noted down within the MDT . This is crucial in your job role.