Incidents

Incidents will show you all the arrests or referrals for this person.

From the MENU: Person | Incidents:

From the PERSON DETAIL or case detail screen:

Get from another

The GET FROM ANOTHER button is extremely helpful if you are adding an incident to the system for a co-offender. If that incident is exactly the same for both people, you can click Get from another to copy the incident.

Click on the UPDATE button or press ALT+U to save your changes.

Adding a new incident:

  • Incident date/time: The date and time the incident took place.
  • Case Number: The case this incident should be linked to.
  • Incident Type: Select the appropriate type.
  • Referring Agency: Select the appropriate agency.
  • Geocode: Certain area of the city, if applicable.
  • Incident ID: The Police Report or Citation Number.
  • Blood alcohol content: If the person was arrested for an alcohol related offense and law enforcement performed a field sobriety test and the results are on the police report, please put them here.
  • Notes: Any notes about this incident if necessary.
  • Officer ID: If the Officer has a User ID, you can type that in this field, otherwise click on GET OFFICER NAME and do a name search. If you don’t find the officer, you will need to add them to the system. Adding a person to Quest
  • Agency: If you have the Officer ID, you can skip this field. If you did a GET OFFICER NAME, you will need to indicate what agency the person works for.
  • Officer Role: Make the appropriate selection regarding the officer’s role in this incident.

Click on the UPDATE button or press ALT+U to save your changes.

Incident Statute Detail:

This is the charging information. Complete this screen for each count.

  • Count: This will default to 1, then 2, then 3, etc. You can skip this field.
  • Conspiracy/attempt indicator: If the charge is Conspiracy to commit something, or attempted to commit something, or aiding in a crime, please indicate that enhancement here.
  • Statute:
  • List charges containing: This is a keyword search. There are hundreds of statutes so we can narrow the search list by typing a keyword such as mischief or theft. TAB. Click on the drop down to see the results of the search. Select the appropriate charge.
  • Location occurred: Location of crime, if different than the location of the arrest.
  • Geocode: Section of the city, if used.
  • Citation number: The number on the citation, if applicable.
  • Item Type: For example, if the charge was a Possession of Cocaine, and the officers reported the amount in person’s possession, you could select Cocaine as the item type.
  • Item Amount: You would put in the weight of the cocaine.
  • Limit: If the charge was speeding for example, the item type would be speed, the item amount would be the speed clocked, the limit would be the speed limit, and the measure would be miles per hour.
  • Measure: Select the appropriate measure.

Click on the UPDATE button or press ALT+U to save your changes.

Add the next charge or

Click on the CANCEL button or press ALT+C to cancel out of the current screen.