Shooting Incident at 59 STADIUM STREET

First Part - Reading Comprehension

PATROL REPORT

On Monday, 14 March 2005, at 12.45 hrs, UN Mobile Police patrol “Alfa-Bravo 1” (“AB-1”), vehicle # 472, reported a shooting heard from the area between the stadium and the water tower. “AB-1” proceeded in the direction of the gun fire. At 12.55 hrs, the Police patrol arrived at house # 59 on Stadium Street and saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out of the window of the house directed towards the street. The officers were not able to see who was holding the rifle because of the windows curtains. The Team Leader of the AB-1 Patrol requested a backup by radio.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

Reference is made to the case of shooting at 59 Stadium Street on 14 March 2005. The Rapid Reaction Police Squad (RRPS) of the Formed Police Unit (FPU) arrived at 13.20 hrs and surrounded the house. The Team Leader of the AB-1 Patrol loudly gave the verbal command to whoever was in the house to throw the rifle out of the window and walk slowly out of the house with their hands up in the air. No sound or movement came from the house and the rifle remained in the same position.  The Team Leader warned the gunman that if he did not follow the previously given verbal command, the police would open fire. Again, there was no response from inside of the house. Upon consultation with the Commander of the RRPS, the Team Leader reported the situation through the chain of command requesting permission to force their way into the house.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

Reference is made to the case of shooting at 59 Stadium Street on 14 March 2005. At 13.40 hrs, the backup unit began an operation.  A few seconds prior to the operation, the RRPS used sound and flash grenades. Three teams simultaneously stormed the house from different sides: two officers broke through the windows facing a back yard, two officers rushed into the building through the eastern side of the house, and another three officers got access to the interior of the house through the western window. During the operation, police faced no resistance. As the police entered the house, they observed that nobody was inside. The rifle was resting on the window of the living room with the barrel pointing towards the street and the butt of the rifle was held on by an armchair.. The RRPS didn’t find any residents while conducting an additional quick search of the house. In total Police found one 12-mm hunter’s rifle, two empty bullet cases on the floor near the window and blood stains on the armchair. The police preserved the scene and called Forensics.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

Reference is made to the case of shooting at 59 Stadium Street on 14 March 2005. The forensic group arrived at the scene at 14.15 hrs. They made a search of the area and found 5 more empty bullet cases of 9 mm near the fence of the house. They also found 3 bullets stuck in the wall. Upon initial examination, the forensic group believed the bullets were those shot from 9 mm Beretta pistol. The forensic team took the rifle, all empty bullet cases, the bullets extracted from the wall and samples of blood, which were taken from the stains of the armchair, into custody for further examinations.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4

Reference is made to the case of shooting at 59 Stadium Street on 14 March 2005. After the departure of the RRPS at 14.20 hrs, the AB-1 Patrol Team went to a neighboring house looking for any witnesses of the occurrence. They managed to take a statement from a Serbian woman namely Gordana Bashich living in that house at 59 Stadium Street. She provided details of the shooting incident and notified police that her neighbor, Branko Ilich, male Serb, 45-year old, was kidnapped.

Some time later, the patrol unit heard on the radio, that a black Volkswagen Passat sedan with passengers had been stopped at a Kosovo Force (KFOR) check point near the airport. During the vehicle examination, check point military staff found one unconscious man in the trunk laying in a puddle of blood. An additional search revealed three illegal Beretta pistols in possession of the passengers. They were detained and later handed over to the police for further investigation. The wounded man from the trunk was taken by the airport police to the hospital.

Questions

1. What was the full name of the kidnapped person?   
2. What was the address of the shooting incident?
3. At what time did the Rapid Reaction Police Squad arrive at the scene?
4. How many police teams stormed the house? 
5. What special police weapon was used prior to the storming operation?       
6. How many empty bullet cases in total were found at the scene?      
7. What caliber and type of the weapon were the 3 bullets found stuck in the wall, shot from?
8. What was the condition of the man found in the trunk of the car stopped at the KFOR check point?           
9. What was the witness’ ethnicity?     
10. What was the model of the suspects’ car?

Theft of goods from the IOM office

First Part - Reading Comprehension

PATROL REPORT

At 06.45 hours on Tuesday, 29 October 2011 “Police Control” received a telephone call from a local man, who said that he believed a burglary had just occurred at Berisha Street # 67. No casualties were   reported during the phone call. A police Patrol team from North Police Station was dispatched to the scene.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

Reference is made to a case reported on 29 October 2011.  The witness was waiting on Berisha Street near the burglarized house as the Police patrol arrived at the scene.  The offices of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) are located in that house. The witness said that he was visiting his friend’s house nearby. At approximately 6.30 hours he heard strange hammering sounds and looked out of the window. Then he went out into his friend’s yard and saw one of the windows of the IOM office broken and the door open. He saw the silhouettes of people inside and he went back into the house to call the police. He also stated that he saw a light colored car parked near the house. He was not sure about the registration number of the car and was not certain about its color as it was quite dark.

The driver of the Police patrol car said that he had passed a light colored “Opel Omega” car with no registration plates with several people in it.  It was heading in the opposite direction towards the airport.  The leader of the patrol team got in touch with “Police Control” and asked the airport police to look for a light colored “Opel Omega” car and detain it for further investigation if they locate it.

 The witness said that he knows the director of the IOM office, a woman named Marla Orman. He had her business card. The leader of the patrol team contacted Ms. Marla Orman and asked her to come to her office to identify what was missing in the building.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

Reference is made to a case reported on 29 October 2011.  The Airport police reported that at 07.20 hours a silver colored “Opel Omega” with no registration plates was stopped and two laptops, two digital cameras, one DVD player, one printer and two scanners in the trunk of the car were found. The driver, a young male, was not able to prove that these items belonged to him.  During an interview he said that there had been two other passengers in the car, who had just got out.  The driver confirmed that these two men were with him in the IOM building and they had stolen the electronic equipment together. The driver was detained by police.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

Reference is made to a case reported on 29 October 2011.  Ms. Orman, the director of the IOM, arrived at the scene at 07.30 hours.  She checked the offices and made a list of missing equipment. Ms. Orman explained that IOM uses metal identification tags screwed into the bottom of their equipment.  The tags have IOM logo and bar codes with serial numbers, and she gave the police a list of all the equipment.  According to her, the total value of missing items was 4,320 US dollars. The items found in the trunk of the vehicle matched the items listed on the IOM inventory register and therefore the Police station north retained them until the completion of the investigation. Ms. Orman also stated that she found that two more scanners and a desktop computer had been disconnected and moved from their original places  They had been put on a table by the door.  Forensics processed for fingerprints and IOM retained these items.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4

Reference is made to a case reported on 29 October 2011. Upon completion of the interview with Ms. Orman, police officers had started searching for any eye-witnesses of the incident in the area.  They were able to take a statement from one of the neighbors who identified himself as Mr. Kalu Odege, a former UN employee residing at Berisha Street # 64. He stated that he heard some noise and the sound of a car engine around 6.30 in the morning. However, he could not provide any more details as he was lying in bed at that early time and did not look outside.

Questions

1. At what address did the burglary occur?
2. What agency did the stolen equipment belong to?
3. At what time did the witness hear strange sounds from neighboring house?
4. What was the model of the suspects’ car?
5. What was the Director’s name of the burglarized office?
6. What was the registration number of the car involved in this incident?
7. How many suspects were involved in this case?
8. What was the color of the vehicle used by the perpetrators?
9. What was the total value of stolen items?
10. What time was the suspect detained?

Abduction of Missing Boy

First Part - Reading Comprehension

Incident Report # CMR 046/07

At 1545 hours on Sunday 06 April , 2011 a Timores male went to the Comoro police station and reported that his 20 years old son had been missing since the previous night. He stated that his son and their neighbor's son had left their house at 1900 hours to go to a Thai restaurant beside the sea bitch near Cristore. At 2150 hours the neighbor's son returned home, but their son did not and he was worried. The father had checked with the neighbor's son who informed him, that at 2030 hours last night they both along with two other friends went to a Thai restaurant to have diner. About ten (10) minutes later his son left the restaurant with a group of five (5) young people, who he had not seen before. At 0845 hours next morning, the father went to the restaurant and asked the owner whether anyone had seen his son. The owner informed him that one of his waitresses had seen his son, the previous evening, quarreling with five young males outside the Thai restaurant. He described the males as being all about 20 years old, one had long black hair and one had a ring in his left ear.

They then had forced the son into a White Mini Microbus, which then drove off at speed in the direction of the hospital. The father gave the police a picture of his son and requested help to find his son. The police made a report and advised the father that they would investigate the incident.

Follow up Report # CMR 046/07

On 07 April, UNMIT police of Comoro Police Station with Police National of Timor Leste(PNTL)conducted the primary investigation regarding the incident. A check was made at the local hospital, which proved negative. At the restaurant the police interviewed the owner and a number of waiters who were working at the time of the incident. Police obtained information is that the suspects were all local Timores and that one of the waiters had remembered the registration number of the Microbus as TL0321. A police patrol located the suspect vehicle parked on the Airport road 20km from Dili Police Station, at Grid reference 015156. The police seized the vehicle’s registration book, which identified the name and address of the vehicle owner and also a wallet, which was identified as belonging to the missing boy. Enquiries are continuing.

Follow up Report# CMR 046/07

On 08 April, UNMIT police and PNTL searched the address shown in the seized registration book and arrested the owner of the Microbus, who admitted of being involved with the abduction of the boy. He stated that the boy had borrowed money from him for drugs; he also gave the location of the house where the boy was being held. UNMIT police and PNTL conducted a search of this house and the missing boy was located, the missing boy's injuries were a bruised chest and a broken left wrist. He was taken to the hospital and later returned to his parents. Police also seized from the house were a Smith and Wesson revolver and 200 Ecstasy tablets.  The boy is asked to come to the police station on 10 April.

Follow Up Report # CMR 046/07

 Reference is made to a case reported on 6 April, 2011, followed by the report on 08 April regarding the abduction of missing boy. On 10 April during interrogation investigation officer UNPOL Simon Mtonga CP-10402 asked the boy whether he knows the accused person and who assaulted him.  The boy stated that he knows 3 of them accept one who was hitting him on his chest and wrist. The boy added that he can remember his name as Martino    as the microbus owner was calling him by that name and told him to push me to the microbus and beat. The boy give the name and address of 3 other accused who are known to him .The  investigating officer collect the address of Martino from  the microbus owner , the main accused of this incident.

Follow Up Report # CMR 046/07

On 11 April early morning UNMIT Police and  local PNTL searched Martino’s house in Baucau but failed to arrest him and Martino’s father informed that he left house last week telling them that he is going to Dili( the capital of Timor)as he got a job there. The same date at night UNPOLs and PNTL of Comoro PS raided a student house of 3 other accused as per the given address by the missing boy and arrest 2 suspects including Martino. 2 other suspects are still fugitive. The investigation will continue.

Questions

1. Where was the missing boy last seen?
2. Describe the injuries of the missing boy?
3. What did the police seize from the  house they searched?
4. Describe the suspect vehicle?
5. What is the name of the unknown accused which the missing boy mentioned?
6. What was seized from the suspect's vehicle?
7. How many suspects are still fugitive?
8. What is the Grid Reference where the suspect vehicle was located?
9. What is the CP Number of Investigating Officer?
10. Who gave the description of the suspect's vehicle to the police?

Selling & Buying Narcotics

First Part - Reading Comprehension

PATROL REPORT

At 21.45 hours on Wednesday 16th March 2011 the United Nation police (UNPOL) patrol Alpha 345, with UNPOL officer Ms. Ann Smith and Mr. David Hudson, was conducting a joint patrol with two Liberian national police (LNP) patrols, Tango 67 and sierra 85, in the northern part of central Monorovia at 34 Dexter street, patrol Alpha 345 noticed that a group of young men, all aged about 20 years old, were gathered. They seemed to be involved in an intense discussion. One of the men, significantly taller than the others and dressed in a red leather jacket, seemed to be very aggressive. Alpha 345 stopped to find out what was going on and informed the two LNP patrols over the radio, describing the aggressive man. When Alpha 345 stopped, the group of men fled the spot and ran away in different directions, and by the time the two UNPOL’s had parked their car, there was no one left on the street corner. The UNPOL’s found two violet sized plastic bags with a small amount of white powder, suspiciously narcotic, which were both left on the pavement. Alpha345 cordoned off the scene and reported over the radio to the National Operation Center (NOC) asking for assistance.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

At 22.15 hours LNP dog patrol, K9-21, arrived at the scene to make a search for drugs the dog was immediately marking for narcotics on the spot where the two plastic bags had been found. Continuing the search, the dog showed interest in some flower pots placed outside 34 Dexter Street and was finally marking on one of them. When the dog handler took a closer look, she discovered something hidden in the pot, under the flower. There was a shoe box continuing 500 US dollars and approximately 50 small plastic bags some with white powder and some with small pieces of dried leaves the box with its contents was seized.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

While the crime scene was searched, patrol Tango 67 reported over the radio that they saw a young man running along the street, whose description was well fitting of the description of the man Alpha 456 had earlier seen at the crime scene, wearing a red leather jacket. When the man saw the police patrol be speeded too and it was obvious that he tried to get away from the police patrol. Because of the development at the crime scene, Tango 67 decided to arrest the fleeing man. Tango 67 was able to block his way of escape with their car. The LNP patrol ordered him to stop but it was not until the police officers physically grabbed him, did he actually stop. The police officers then needed to keep him lying on the ground to prevent him from fleeing. He struggled to break loose from them and threatened to cut their throats if they did not let him go. Tango 67 arrested the suspected for a drug crime and took him to the nearest police station, Delta 33.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

Patrol K9-21 kept searching the area where the group of men had gathered. In the building located at the address 34 Dexter Street, a three-floor apartment building where three families were living, the dog showed interest in the stairs leading from the main entrance of the house to the street. The dog finally marked on the first stair from the street. Under this stair, a second shoe box containing 330 US dollars was found. There were also a few small plastic bags in the box. The plastic bags were empty, but there were traces of white powder in all of them. There was small Beretta revolver of caliber 5mm under the shoe box. The revolver was loaded.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4

Meanwhile, patrol sierra 85 arrived at 34 Dexter Street to assist patrol K9-21. The patrol was immediately approached by Mr. Alan Fox, who was living at 34 Dexter Street. This evening, like most evenings, he had been sitting with some other neighbours at the outdoor café ''The Anchor'', located at 32 Dexter Street where there was a good view over 34 Dexter Street and its surroundings. According to Mr. Fox, 34 Dexter Street had been the meeting place for selling and buying narcotics for the last three years. Mr. Fox and his nieghbours were very concerned about the activities going on at 34 Dexter Street. Some of them had witness that the persons involved in these drug transactions had been armed and the people living in the neighbours feared that sooner or later someone was going to get seriously hurt.

Questions

1. Which team first saw a group of young boys who seemed to be involved in an intense discussion?
2. Write the address of the building where the second shoe box was found ?
3. How many Liberian National Police teams went to scene? Write their names.
4. What was the color of the jacket which the taller man was wearing?
5. How much total money was recovered?
6. How old were the young boys?
7. Which café was found at 32 Dexter Street?
8. How did the fleeing suspect threaten the LNP when LNP blocked his way?
9. What weapon was found under the second shoe box ?
10. Why was the LNP dog patrol, K9-21, sent to the crime scene?

Protest Against Armed Forces of Liberia

First Part - Reading Comprehension

PATROL REPORT

On 12 December 2012 at 15.25 the Bong County Police received a telephone call reporting a roadblock in the area of Gbanga (Grid reference 115/125). Police patrol Bravo-2 responded to the scene, arriving at 16.00 hours, finding a large number of people gathered on the Gbanga Highway. There was a barricade formed on the highway made of rocks, stones and wrecked cars. The mob was shouting, throwing stones and fighting against several soldiers of Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL). As a response to this situation, at 16.30 hours, the Liberian National Police (LNP) and United Nations Police (UNPOL) including United Nations Formed Police Unit (FPU) were deployed to the scene with orders to clear the road. As soon as the road had been cleared by the police, the protesters built up another barricade across the highway. At 18.45 hours, after some clashes, deployed police forces managed to disperse the rioters and the highway was reopened. No arrest was made and no major injuries reported. The police estimated the number of protestors to be approximately five hundred.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 01

Reference is made to the incident reported on 12 December 2012.  The investigation regarding the unrests was launched by the Bong County Police. It revealed that the rioters were predominantly angry youth who joined commercial motorcyclists, all members of the Iron Gate Community. They launched the protest in response to an incident involving a motorcycle taxi driver and an AFL soldier. This incident took place the same day but shortly before the riots, around 13.30 hours. Reportedly, a young female hired a taxi motorcyclist, a member of Iron Gate Community in Gbanga, to drop her at her house. Upon arrival, however, she refused to pay for the ride. As the taxi driver insisted on payment, the female passenger called her boyfriend, an AFL soldier, who arrived at the scene and attacked the motorcyclist. He beat him up and left him on the street unconscious and bleeding. Then, the perpetrator and his girlfriend ran away from the scene. The victim was rushed to the hospital after an anonymous phone call was made to the emergency services.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 02

Reference is made to the incident occurred on 12 December 2012.  On 13 December 2012 investigators of the Bong County Police identified six persons who allegedly took part in the road block of Gbanga Highway after reviewing the video files of the riots recorded by the police. The LNP police officers, who had been assaulted by the mob at the scene, also recognized the attackers. Their identity was established on the basis of intelligence gathered by investigators. All the suspects were arrested and questioned by the investigators. They confessed to attending the protest but denied attacking the police officers. A prosecuting judge authorized the suspects to be charged with assault of the police officers and participation in an illegal gathering. They were held in the Bong detention center.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 03

Reference is made to the case reported on 12 December 2012. Police investigators established the victim of the AFL soldier attack which triggered the unrests and the roadblock on Gbanga Highway. He was identified as 25-year old Mr. Joshua Bundu, a member of Iron Gate Community living on 25 Ribbon Street in Gbanga, and working as a motorcycle taxi driver. After the assault, he was transported to the Gbanga Municipal Hospital. The medical examination revealed that he had a cut on his left shoulder and forehead. No other injuries were discovered. After delivery of first aid by the doctors, he was released from the hospital.

MEDIA NEWS OVERVIEW

Both local and nationwide media reported the unrests which occurred on 12 December 2012 in Gbanga. It was reported that the protest was targeting AFL soldiers. The media emphasized that the Iron Gate Community decided to protest on the street in order to attract the attention of the government and to make them address the behavior of AFL soldiers and their impunity over recent reported assaults against local citizens. Journalists stressed that recently there were five similar assaults reported to the police in connection to the AFL.  In none of these cases was there a suspect either established, convicted, sentenced, or punished. According to the commentators, this situation made a clear message to the society that AFL soldiers are above the law.

Questions

1. What time and date did the police receive an information about the roadblock?
2. Who responded first to the reported situation?
3. Which community members were the protesters?
4. Who attacked the motorcycle taxi driver?
5. How many assaults by the Liberian Military were reported to the Police before the most recent one?
6. At what time were the UN Police deployed to the scene?
7. What's the name of the road where the protest took place?
8. What was the complete name of the hospitalized person?
9. How many protesters were arrested by the police on 12 December?  
10. Who authorized the detention of the arrested protesters?