A Scenario Where Mr. Lincoln Gets Away
Unit 7 Branched Scenario
You are assigned to a tactical team and have five years on the department. The team is following a target, Mr. Lincoln who is a well known narcotics and stolen weapons dealer. The tactical team is trying to get Mr. Lincoln in a hand-to-hand transaction, which will solidify and close their case. The team has over 90% of their investigation complete, and the hand-to-hand transaction would solidify his involvement. You love your new team duties, but you are tired of just sitting on surveillance. You decide to take matters into your own hands. You testify that you conducted a surveillance and you witnessed Mr. Lincoln enter the building and conduct several hand-to-hand gun and weapons transactions. You select the time of 1:30 and 3:30am on February 12th. You write up the warrants and get the paperwork signed by the judge that day as you formally swear out the affidavit, search warrants and arrest warrant for Lincoln and his crew. Three detectives from another jurisdiction, City of Kaplan, which is 40 miles away, contact and inform him that they had a double homicide in their town and they have evidence and witnesses, and Mr. Lincoln is their number one suspect. They advise that the murders took place on February 12th, between 1:30 and 3:30 am. You realize Mr. Lincoln is very likely the murderer, but you’ve created an airtight alibi for Mr. Lincoln as you have already testified that you saw him in your time at that date and time.
You then decide to tell the Team Leader what you did by falsifying the affidavits and warrants.
Lastly, The Team Leader advises you that is relieving you of duty pending an internal affairs case investigation. He reports you to the command and also to the States Attorney’s Office for perjury.
This incident will greatly affect your personal and professional life in many ways. You will get fired from your current position, and most likely will not be able to obtain another job in law enforcement in the future. As
You are assigned to a tactical team and have five years on the department. The team is following a target, Mr. Lincoln who is a well known narcotics and stolen weapons dealer. The tactical team is trying to get Mr. Lincoln in a hand-to-hand transaction, which will solidify and close their case. The team has over 90% of their investigation complete, and the hand-to-hand transaction would solidify his involvement. You love your new team duties, but you are tired of just sitting on surveillance. You decide to take matters into your own hands. You testify that you conducted a surveillance and you witnessed Mr. Lincoln enter the building and conduct several hand-to-hand gun and weapons transactions. You select the time of 1:30 and 3:30am on February 12th. You write up the warrants and get the paperwork signed by the judge that day as you formally swear out the affidavit, search warrants and arrest warrant for Lincoln and his crew. Three detectives from another jurisdiction, City of Kaplan, which is 40 miles away, contact and inform him that they had a double homicide in their town and they have evidence and witnesses, and Mr. Lincoln is their number one suspect. They advise that the murders took place on February 12th, between 1:30 and 3:30 am. You realize Mr. Lincoln is very likely the murderer, but you’ve created an airtight alibi for Mr. Lincoln as you have already testified that you saw him in your time at that date and time.
You then decide to tell the Team Leader what you did by falsifying the affidavits and warrants.
Lastly, The Team Leader advises you that is relieving you of duty pending an internal affairs case investigation. He reports you to the command and also to the States Attorney’s Office for perjury.
This incident will greatly affect your personal and professional life in many ways. You will get fired from your current position, and most likely will not be able to obtain another job in law enforcement in the future. As