To access PNC an officer must first clock in by going to the front desk at Mission Row Police Station and pressing:  CAPS LOCK --> Interactions ---> Clock in

Once this has been completed an officer can access the PNC by holding CAPS LOCK and then selecting "Police National Computer"

On the left you can see an image of the PNC with the different sections of it being marked:

Red- Navigation Bar

Green - Left Information Panel

Purple - Right Information Panel

Orange - Other Controls. 

When an officer first opens the PNC they are presented with the home page which displays:

• Recent Reports

• Recent Person Searches

• Recent Warrants

• Recent Vehicle Searches

The person search function can be used to look up an individual and access their PNC record.  

To search for a person first an officer must navigate to the "SEARCH PERSON" page by selecting this option from the navigation bar. 

Once on this page, an officer should type a person's name or ID into the search box before pressing Search. 

A list of results will be displayed in the right panel and an officer can then click on these results to open up someone's PNC record. 

All individuals in the city have a unique PNC record where an officer can view information about the individual. 

Left Panel

At the top of the left panel is a second navigation bar containing the following options:

• Edit Profile - Allows an officer to edit an individual's PNC record;

• Vehicles - Allows an officer to view all the vehicles owned by the individual;

• Sentences - View an individual's past prison sentences

• Reports -  View past reports about the suspect

• New Report - Creates a new report about the individual 

The rest of the left panel contains additional information about an individual such as: 

• Notes - Any notes about an individual that has been placed on there by an officer;

• Markers - Any warning markers that officers need to be aware of;

• Unpaid Tickets - Any unpaid tickets;

• Occupation - An individuals job;

• Licenses - Any licenses that an individual has;

• Age - The age of the individual

• Convictions - A list of past convictions.

Right Panel

The right panel of an individual's PNC record is reserved for an image of the individual. This can be useful when an officer is trying to confirm someone's identity. 

Editing a PNC Person Record

To edit an individual's PNC record an officer should select the "EDIT PROFILE" button on an individual's PNC record. This will open a pop-up where an officer will be able to:

• Add/Remove/Edit Notes about an individual

• Add/ Update an individual's Mug Shot

• Add points to an individual's license. 

The search vehicle function allows an officer to search for a vehicle on PNC. 

To do this an officer must first select "SEARCH VEHICLE" from the navigation bar and they then have to input either all or part of a vehicle's registration number (VRN) into the search box before pressing search. The right panel will then bring up a list of possible matches. An officer can then click on a result to open up a vehicle's PNC record. 

Searching an incident report allows officers to search and if needed edit incident reports. 

To do this an officer should first select the "SEARCH INCIDENT REPORT" option in the navigation menu. They will then have to input an incident ID, the name of an individual involved, linked casefile or fingerprint ID, or by the name of the author of the relevant report before pressing enter.  A list of Possible reports will then be displayed in the right panel and an officer can select these and a summary of the report will be displayed in the left panel. 

At the top of the report summary is a secondary navigation bar containing the following:

• VIEW REPORT - Allows an officer to view and if needed Edit A report

• CONVICT - Allows an officer who is PC+ to close a report as the suspect has been             convicted

• COPY REPORT - Makes a Copy of the report

• NEW WARRANT - Creates a new Warrant

• NEW REPORT - Creates a new Report

The rest of the left panel is taken up by a basic summary of details in the report. 

If an officer arrests an individual or has a crime reported to them then they should create an incident report. To do this an officer should navigate to the "CREATE INCIDENT REPORT" 

Once an officer has done this they should search for the suspect's name using the box in the right panel and then click on that name to add them to the report. 

The Person search box will then be replaced by a list of possible charges. An officer can search through these and add the relevant charges. (NOTE: only add one of each charge for example if a suspect has assaulted multiple people an officer should only add 1 charge of assault) 

Once the charges have been added an officer should enter the title of the report using the following format: [OFFENCES] - [SUSPECTS SURNAME] - [dd/mm/yyyy]

The final step in creating a report is to fill out the details section. This should be done by using the following Template:

OFFICERS

[list of the officers involved] 

REPORT

[a summary of what the suspect has been alleged to have done written in the 3rd person, there needs to be enough detail in this section for anyone who might read the report to understand what has happened] 

EVIDENCE

[any evidence should be put here]

SENTENCE

[the fine or prison sentence given to the suspect] 

Officers will often have to look up arrest warrants relating to individuals to do this an officer should select the "ARREST WARRANTS" tab in the navigation bar. 

Once on the warrants page, an officer may search through the list of warrens or type the name of an individual into the search bar. 

If an officer wants to know more information about a warrant they can click on that warrant and this will display more detail about it as well as giving them the option to 'action' the warrant should the suspect have been arrested.

If an officer witnesses a crime or has a crime reported to them and they cannot take action on it at the time then they may create an arrest warrant. 

To create an arrest warrant an officer should navigate to the "ARREST WARRANT" tab on the navigation menu.  scroll the bottom and select "NEW WARRANT"

Once an officer has done this they should search for the suspect's name using the box in the right panel and then click on that name to add them to the warrant. 

The Person search box will then be replaced by a list of possible charges. An officer can search through these and add the relevant charges. (NOTE: only add one of each charge for example if a suspect has assaulted multiple people an officer should only add 1 charge of assault) 

Once the charges have been added an officer should enter the title of the warrants using the following format: [MOST SERIOUS OFFENCE] - [SUSPECTS SURNAME]

Finally, an officer should fill out the details tab with enough information and all available evidence so that if the suspect is arrested the arresting officer and anyone else who reads the report can understand what has happened and how this suspect has been identified.