Prison Inmates Attempt to Escape

First Part - Reading Comprehension

PATROL REPORT

At 10.05 hours, 5 January 2012 United Nations Police Officers (UNPOLs) received information from the local police concerning an attempted escape by the inmates in Man Prison on the evening of 4 January 2012 at around 18.00 hours. UNPOL visited the scene and found out the following information. The prisoners, totaling 24, who had just finished eating their dinner, managed to take two prison guards hostage. These two guards were locked in a place called “Hot Cell”. Fifteen prisoners were able to climb the wall and sneak out of the courtyard. Four guards posted at the reception area noted that the prisoners came out of the courtyard trying to reach the main exit door. These guards alerted the other four guards posted outside the prison building. With their AK47 assault rifles, the guards outside were able to keep the prisoners back, inside the common courtyard. Then, the guards who were locked in the “hot cell” were released. Two prisoners were injured during this incident.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #01

UNPOL patrol 2830 visited the scene at 11.00, 5 January 2012. They met with the guards who had been involved in the attempted escape. The two who had been taken hostage and locked in “hot cell” said that three of the prisoners had been armed with what looked like homemade knives that they used to threaten the guards with. The three armed prisoners seemed to take the lead in the attempted escape, giving orders to the other prisoners. They were easy to recognize, as all three had big tattoos of a lion with wings on the upper part of their left arm. These three prisoners did not seem to fear any type of violent actions. They noted that the other prisoners also seemed to be afraid of the three lead prisoners. In fact, when one of the prisoners refused to lock the door to the “hot cell” one of the lead prisoners, cut his neck.        

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 02

UNPOL patrol 2830 made a follow-up visit to Man Prison at 11.30 hours, 6 January 2012 to check whether the prison management had taken necessary actions to prevent any further attempted escapes. Several actions had been taken by the management.  First, the prison guard team leader explained that all 50 cells in the prison had been searched through and a lot of weapons in different shapes had been seized. All 250 prisoners had been body searched with a negative result. Then the wall where the prisoners had climbed had been covered with barbed wire.

It was noted that none of the prison guards who were involved (two taken hostage, four posted in the reception area and four posted outside) had been injured physically. The two guards taken hostage were still in shock. They were taken off normal duty and given administrative duties. The prison doctor was keeping these two guards under observation and checking their mental condition regularly. UNPOL patrol also visited the hospital in Man Prison to check the condition of a prisoner who was hospitalized after the attempted escape. He broke his leg after falling from the wall. His injury was not life threatening. He had no complaints concerning his treatment in the hospital.    

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 03

At 09.00 hours, 7 January 2012 the prison manager, Ms. Susan Doe, informed UNPOL that they had identified the three prisoners who lead the attempted escape. Their names were Mr. Joseph Brill, Mr. Alan Dublett and Mr. Georg Claude and are all well-know robbers from the Abidjan area. They are all members of a gang called the “Flying Lions”. They had leading roles among the other prisoners and have been feared, both by prison staff and inmates. Most of the weapons seized after the attempted escape, were found in the cells of these three men, in total nine. With their criminal network they could easily plan an escape and by threaten the other prisoners for this purpose. These three prisoners were put in isolation cells in Man Prison at 18.00 hours, 7 January, to prevent any further tries to escape and to calm the fears of the other inmates.

Questions

1. What was the location where the incident occurred?
2. What was the time and date of the incident?
3. How many prisoners in total were involved in the incident?
4. What is the name of the cell where the hostages were held?
5. How many prisoners in total got injured during the incident?
6. Why was one of the prisoners hospitalized?
7. What kind of tattoo did the prisoners who lead the escape have?
8. Where exactly were the tattoos on the body?
9. How many prison guards in total were on duty the time of the attempted escape?
10. What action was taken against the three prisoners who lead the escape?

Homicide Case

 First Part - Reading Comprehension

PATROL REPORT

On 21 October 2010 at 21.00 hours, United Nations Police (UNPOL) Patrol Team “Alfa”, received a call from the duty officer of UN Team Site “West” in regard to the death of a local man who had just passed away in the Port-au-Prince hospital. The information was received from a duty physician in the hospital. According to him, the death was the result of a knife injury. Haitian National Police (HNP) were also notified and an investigation team was dispatched to the Hospital. UNPOL Patrol Team “Alfa” headed by Oliver Johnson, proceeded to the hospital as well.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

Reference is made to the case of death of a local man in the Port-au-Prince hospital reported at 21.00 hrs. Upon UNPOL Team’s arrival at the hospital at 21.15 hours, the local police team consisting of two (2) investigators was present and had just started interviewing the attending physician, Carlos Pereira.  The physician advised that the adult black male, later identified as Raoul Cocote, a 32- year- old Haitian citizen and a practicing attorney, was taken at the Port au Prince Hospital via ambulance at 20.40 hours. The ambulance was called by a woman reportedly living with a victim. The patient arrived unconscious. The initial examination revealed a protruding knife injury with the knife left in the victim’s chest. The doctor proceeded to provide emergency medical assistance but the victim passed away at 20.50 hours. In the hospital, Haitian police inspector, Mr. Arthur King, collected the knife, the victim’s white shirt with blood stains and the victim’s driver’s license.  UNPOL Team along with the Haitian police team decided to go to the victim’s residence located at 53 Daiton Street, Apartment 7A.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

Reference is made to the case of the death of a local man in the Port-au-Prince hospital reported at 21.00 hrs. At 22:30 hours the joint UN and Haitian police team arrived at the victim’s residence and made contact with Ms. Mia Teto, the victim’s girlfriend.  HNP Inspector King obtained a written statement from her. She seemed to be a primary and the only witness at that moment. Ms. Teto, a black female Haitian, 25 years old, stated that earlier that day, at 20.00 hours she heard a knock on the door of the residence where she lived with her boyfriend Raoul Cocote, and then Ms. Teto proceeded to open the door.  Once the door was opened, two subjects forced their way into the residence.  The two subjects pushed her toward the living room where Raoul Cocote was sitting.  The first subject was described as approximately 1 m 75 cm tall wearing blue jeans, a red shirt, military boots and a black mask. The second culprit was approximately 10 cm taller wearing black pants, a blue shirt and a white mask. When in the room, she stumbled over a bookshelf and fell down to the floor. The visitors had an argument with the victim and demanded to know where he hid his money. When Raoul refused to tell them where he kept his money, the shorter subject in the black mask proceeded to strike the victim with his hands. Raoul fell down on the floor and the same man continued beating him, repeatedly asking him for some hidden money. Meanwhile, the second subject wearing the white mask was searching the room. After 10-15 minutes of extensive searching, the second man failed to find any valuable things, which got him upset. He produced a knife and stabbed the victim two times in his chest, leaving the knife in his body. Mia Teto was approximately three meters away and observed the attack. After they stopped attacking Raoul, the first subject threatened that if she called  the police, they would return and kill her.  Then both subjects ran out of the residence.  She observed the knife protruding from her boyfriend’s chest, and at about 20.15 hours she called the Port au Prince Hospital, which dispatched an ambulance that arrived in about 15-20 minutes and took Raoul Cocote to the Hospital.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

While HNP inspector King was obtaining a written statement from Mia Teto, the second HNP inspector, Ms. Miranda Gaston, processed the crime scene, where she collected blood splatter in the living room area. When examining the outside area, she also identified size 10 footprints on the floor which could have been left by military or uniform boots. She was also approached by a neighbor, Mr. Jimmy Hodari living on the floor above the victim’s apartment, a 35-year-old local vendor, who provided additional information on the case.

Questions

1. Who reported the death of a victim?
2. What was the victim’s name?
3. What was the time of victim’s death?
4. What was the address of the victim’s residence?
5. What is the age of Ms. Mia Teto?
6. How many attackers broke into the victim’s residence?
7. What type of boots was worn by the first attacker according to Ms. Mia Teto?
8. How many stab wounds did the victim have on his chest?
9. What evidence did the HNP inspector collect from the crime scene in the living room of the victim’s residence?
10. What is the name of the victim’s neighbor from the upper floor?

Stray Dog Attack

First Part - Reading Comprehension

PATROL REPORT

On Sunday 23 March 2008, at 13.30 hours a man who identified himself as Joseph Alba, entered Police Station # 2 in Monrovia and said that a group of wild dogs had attacked his son. The man was escorted to the interview room by the duty officer. The man told the officer that at 10.30 hours his son, John Alba, had been playing in front of their house located at Low Street, when suddenly three dogs attacked his son. The man said that the largest of the three dogs, a white male, approximately 40 kilos in weight, seemed to be the pack leader of the three dogs. The other two dogs were not as big as the pack leader, and only weighed about 25 kilos each. One of them was all brown and the other was black with a white spot on its chest. They were not wearing collars or identification tags. The officer asked if the man's son was still at home. The man informed the officer that an ambulance had taken his son to a local hospital for care and that his wife had gone with the boy in the ambulance.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

On Sunday 23 March 2008, at 14.30 hours, a Liberian National Police (LNP) officer was sent to the local hospital to inquire about the nature of the boy's injuries. The doctor told the officer that the child had been bitten in the face and needed 12 stitches to close that wound. He had also been bitten on both arms and severely bitten on the right hand. There were two areas on the right arm that required three stitches each and the index finger on the child's right hand was being surgically repaired at that time. The officer asked the doctor to call the police station with more information if there was any change in the condition of the child.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

An LNP officer interviewed the child's mother, Regina Alba, at the local hospital immediately after interviewing the doctor. She told the officer that her son was playing with a small red ball in front of their house when three dogs attacked him. She said that she had seen the dogs in the area the day before, and that they had tried to bite other people. Regina also stated that she yelled at the dogs during their attack on her son and tried to beat them off with a stick, but they did not stop attacking him. The officer noticed that the mother's left hand had also been bitten. Regina was treated my medical staff immediately after the interview

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

On Sunday 23 March 2008, at 18.00 hours, two police officers from Station # 2 were sent to Low Street to investigate the group of dogs that had attacked the child earlier that day. Upon arrival, they noticed a black dog with a white spot on its chest running into an abandoned building on the west side of the street with a red ball in its mouth. The officers proceeded into the building and saw all three dogs together, fighting over the red ball. The first officer yelled at the dogs and the largest one, the white dog turned to face the officers and started growling. The officers could see that there were no collars or identification tags on any of the dogs. Suddenly, the white dog attacked the two officers. The first officer drew his 9mm pistol and fired three times, killing the large white male dog. As the first officer had fired his pistol, the other two dogs began to attack. The second officer fired his 9mm weapon at the remaining two attacking dogs five times, killing them both.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4

On Monday 24 March 2008 at 13.00 hours around 50 people assembled outside the Main Police Headquarters in Monrovia protesting against the dog problems in the city. During the demonstrations they shouted slogans about why the authorities did not do more to stop the number of wild dogs running around Monrovia. They complained about how unsafe it was for children to play outside. The Station Commander approached the leader of the demonstration, Ms. Elisabeth Johnson, and said that they had to stop their activities as they were unlawful. The demonstrators, after some discussion, accepted the order from the police and left the area about 14.15 hours.

Questions

1. How many dogs attacked the boy?
2. How heavy was the leader of the dogs?
3. What were the colors of the dog initially recognized by the police officers on 23 of March?
4. Which part of the mother’s body was bitten?
5. What were the type and the caliber of the weapon used by police officers?
6. How many stitches in total did the child receive at the local hospital?
7. What was the tool used by Ms. Alba to protect her son?
8. How many persons were injured during the dog attack?
9. In what type of the building were the dogs shot?
10. How many rounds of ammunition were fired at the dogs?

Second Part - Audio Comprehension

NARRATIVE

On Sunday 23 March 2008, at 13.30 hours a man called Joseph Alba entered Police Station #7 and said that a group of stray dogs had attacked his son John.  The son had been taken to the hospital for treatment and the police officers shot the dogs later that day.

On Monday 24 March 2008 at 13.00 hours about 50 people assembled outside the Main Police Headquarters protesting against the situation in the city regarding stray dogs.  Ms. Elisabeth Johnson, a primary school teacher, was the leader of the demonstration. She had witnessed the incident with the boy and the dogs and was called in for a statement.

She came to the Monrovia police station # 2 on Tuesday 25 March 2008 at 10.00 hours to give her witness statement.  She confirmed that she was the founder and the leader of the organization PEOPLE AGAINST DOGS (PAD) which was responsible for the demonstration the day before.  The organization was established in 2006 to fight against the stray dog situation in the city which has been threatening the safety of its inhabitants. Ms. Johnson was also concerned about the dogs’ welfare and questioned why the police consistently responded to these incidents by killing them.  She was of the opinion that the police had more important things to do and that the problem with the aggressive dogs was more of a community responsibility.  Lack of trash services, as well as the absence of dog shelters and poor veterinary services were the main reasons for problems with the stray dogs. Her organization delivered three petitions to the office of city Mayor on the issue in the past.

Ms. Johnson further stated that she had witnessed the situation with John Alba and the dogs on Sunday.  All three dogs had been dirty and in a generally poor state. It seemed to her that the dogs thought the boy had brought them food in the plastic bag he was carrying. When they understood that he did not bring them anything, they attacked the boy and seriously bit him in the face and on his body.  She noticed that the ambulance came and took the boy to the hospital.

She learned later that the police killed the three dogs without trying to catch them and bring them to the veterinarian. She clearly stated that the police should be more observant towards the local people and how they treated the dogs in the city and cooperate with the community to find better solutions.

DIALOGUE

Police Officer	Please state your name.
Witness	My name is Elisabeth Johnson.
Police Officer	What is your profession?
Witness	I am a school teacher at Monrovia Primary School.
Police Officer	On Sunday 23 March you witnessed a dog attack on a local boy. Is that correct?
Witness	Yes. That is correct.
Police Officer	Can you please describe what you saw?
Witness	I was out walking to get some fresh air.  I was on Low Street, when I saw a little boy coming out from his house with a red ball in his hands and a plastic bag.
Police Officer	What happened then?
Witness	Three dirty stray dogs approached him most likely to get food.  The boy did not have any food for the dogs, so the dogs approached him and attacked him.
Police Officer	Was the boy injured?
Witness	Yes.  To my knowledge he was bitten on his face and arms.  I saw an ambulance taking him away from the scene.
Police Officer	Yesterday you also attended a demonstration outside the Main Police Headquarters related to the case.  Tell me the reason behind this demonstration?
Witness	I am the leader of the PEOPLE AGAINST DOGS or PAD, which is an  association founded in 2006. I’ve experienced an increasing problem in Monrovia of  stray dogs threatening the citizens and so I established this  organization
Police Officer	Do you know why Monrovia has these issues?
Witness	I believe there are three main reasons for that. It is the lack of trash services, the absence of dog shelters and poor veterinary services.
Police Officer	Have you witnessed similar situations in the past?
Witness	This happens almost every day.  And in my opinion the police have better things to do other than responding to situations like this.
Police Officer	Was that the reason for the demonstration as well?
Witness	Yes.  We want to emphasize that it is community responsibility to improve the situation and to prevent further dog attacks on our citizens. We have already submitted three petitions to the office of city Mayor with no result.
Police Officer	Thank you for your assistance. We will take up this matter seriously and follow up with the Mayor’s office from our side.

Alleged Extortion

First Part - Reading Comprehension

On 17th of August, 2012 at 1200 hours, Duty officer Vic Micle Clerk of Becora UNPOL Station received a phone call from Tribal Male Building Contractor about an alleged extortion by a gang of extortionists. The contractor was forced to stop work for last three days in the face of threats by a local extortionist ring; the duty officer informed the matter to the Station Commander Mark Robinson. He directed two plain cloth LP officers and one UNPOL to the place of incident at GR: 325 667 at Local Market area in Becora to get detail information. Mark Robinson was an Australian UNPOL and joined in this station on 5th of August on the same year and also joined in UNMIT before 25 days of this incident.

Ribg Leader Abbas Ghani 38 also known to be involved in tender manipulation. Abas Ghani had already realized a large amount of money from the contractor, Still he wanted more and halted the construction work when the contractor refused to comply with his order for last three days.

At 1215 her two LP and one UNPOL officials met with the contractor near Glass Ceramic Building. As soon as they get into contractor’s vehicle, a black color Audi, registration # 3JS1236KH, Abas Ghani and his accomplices took the four hostages at gun point. Ghani took the contractor to an unknown place while his three operatives kept two LP and one UNPOL officers confined in a room of the building. At 1330 hrs. One stage the gangsters freed the police men after they managed to convince the three that they would leave the place without any quarry and soon.

The two LP and one UNPOL officers soon informed the matter to the Station commander of the development and shortly two teams of Dili Police Station rushed there. At 1415 hrs. Two LP officers again entered in the building but this time Huzza Mosed, 35 Khogon Hadi, 33, Hadirasid, 27 three accomplices of Ghani got suspicious of them. They captured the two LP officers again. After half an hour they yet again freed the two after they had made the three by that they had no connection with the contractor.

At 1445 hrs two team of Dili Police station appeared at the scene. On seeing 2 reinforcement team approaching the building. Huzza Mosed, opened fire 4 rounds to the police team from the first floor by his 9 mm Astra automatic pistol and another one shot by three rounds of 7.62 mm pistol, As LP men returned fire, Huzza Mosed standing beside Khongo Hadi received bullets in his chest. Except injured Mosad and Khogon Hadi the other gangster managed to flee the scene.

Follow Up

At 1530 hrs while returning with two captured suspects, LP team met with Abas Ghani at the entrance of Mayor building. LP team ceased the vehicle driven by Abas Ghani and spending 20 minutes hard afford LP team finally confined him near hospital and captured him unhurt after fifteen minutes chasing.The captor informed LP that he dropped the contractor near parliament building 25 minutes before.

Police team took all captured criminals to the scene after ten minutes from the arrest of Ghani and search the area. Police found three bottle of whisky, 9 mm ten rounds of empty bullet cage, 7.62 mm three rounds of empty bullet cage and a wallet. There are two thousand five hundred and thirty UD dollars inside the wallet. Police team confiscates all the things as evidence. Then after twelve minutes to reach the scene Police took all of them in Becora Police Station and put Police Station custody.

Investigating judge showed up on the following day after one hour and fifteen minutes later of office start time and detained them for illegal extortion, kidnapping and assault. The Inspector General of Police also thanked the UNPOL Team Leader and Local Police for these good activities. He also gave twenty five commendation of each LP in Becora Station and also gave fifteen certificates for UNPOL of the same station. It is known that Timorese office start time at 09.00 hours every day excluding holiday.

Questions

1. When Mark Robinson join in UNMIT?
2. How many LP and UNPOL were working in Becora Police Station?
3. When the investigating judge showed up?
4. What is the name of investigating judge?
5. How many men were arrested by the police and when Abbas Ghani was arrested?
6. When the contractor was stop his work by force of the extortionist?
7. How many shoot fired in the scene by the exorcist and police?
8. When, where and how police received the initial information of the incident?
9. What date and time did the gangster drop the contractor and where?
10. When the criminal freed the two LP officers second time?

Violations of Traffic Rules

First Part Reading Comprehension

SITUATION REPORT # 1

On Tuesday 30th of August 2013 at 0715hrs, the Chief of the Traffic Police division located in Tubmanburg Town Palm Street -14, reported for duty.  He was a 43-year old and Major of Police. His name was Anatoli Bemba. He usually report for duty forty five minutes earlier than his subordinates. This period he uses to read through latest reports about violations of traffic rules. A report dated 29th August, 2013 which was signed by Traffic Police Sergeant Francis Smith, at “Daily Independent” newspaper stated that on the Highway between towns Monrovia and Tubmanburg, violations of speed limit went sufficiently low during last two weeks of the month than in the beginning of the month. This caught the attention of the Police chief. He took it seriously and wishes to check and inspect that on the same day. 

SITUATION REPORT # 2

The Chief of the Traffic Police Division was very much aware that the road condition near the check point was very good and that drivers often over speed and violated the 80 kilometers speed limit in spite of the speed limit sign located 100 meters before the check point. The Chief of the Traffic Police Division invited Sergeant Bob Smith to his office at 1000hrs for a discussion. The Chief asked the Sergeant when it came to his attention that the drivers at this particular point drove with courtesy that was unusual. Sergeant Smith said that he was also surprised and that he had even sent the radar equipment for maintenance four days ago. The technician had however told him that the radar was well adjusted and needed no repairs. Consequently, the Chief of Police assigned the sergeant the task of checking the highway 2 kilometers before the check point.   

SITUATION REPORT # 3

On 31st of August 2013 Sergeant Bob Smith and his team mate Corporal Peter Zeigler arrived at Kilometer 24 of the Monrovia-Tubmanburg highway and began traffic surveillance duty at 0800 hrs. The policemen had a perfect spot to mount their radar equipment to look out for speed limit violators. There were very few violators however.  This was quite surprising so at 1130 hrs, after twenty two minutes Sergeant Smith changed into civilian clothes and walked in the direction of the oncoming traffic. After walking for half an hour, he discovered that at the bend of the road was a 12-year old boy standing with a hand-painted sign which read, “Radar Trap ahead". A few meters away was another boy, a 10-year old, with a sign reading "Tips" and a bucket full of coins. The officer did not reveal who he was but entered into a conversation with them. He asked who originated the plan. The older boy, whose name was William said that his father, who worked as an auto mechanic, had told him different stories about cars and traffic,. This helped him conceive the plan. He then asked his 10 year old neighbor Alex to help him. During second half of August they used to take morning bus and looked out for a radar check point. Usually it was on 24th kilometer.  The officer further asked how they spent the tips. Both boys said, they usually bought 2 chocolates and gave remaining money to their mothers, stating that they earned this money on the mail delivery. The officer did not ask them anything else. He returned to the radar check point and relocated their traffic observation point to 38th kilometer of the highway. Later police investigate this matter and known that, Willam’s father Augustino De Silva was a motor technician. He has a small garage in Monrovia city. They were three brothers and Willam was the younger. His elder brother died during clashes in Liberia in 2006. He was twenty one years old during his death. Alex father also died during the civil war in 2005. Both of their family live in the same village near Monrovia namely Katanga. The chief of traffic police also told all his persons always to look after the traffic matter very carefully and sincerely. There are seven hundred police personnel working in traffic division in Monrovia. Of them seventy nice personnel came from various unit and working on deputation there.

Questions

1. What is the address of the Traffic Police division and how many police personnel working in traffic division?    
2. During what part of August was the level of violations of traffic rules higher?      
3. What traffic sign was located 100 meters before the check point?    
4. On what date did Sergeant Smith send the radar equipment for maintenance?     
5. What was the rank of Peter Zeigler and what was the rank of chief of traffic division?                  
6. What was written on the sign held by Alex and when his father died?                              
7. What was the occupation of William’s father and how many brother they remain now?                
8. Why could the boys not recognize Francis Smith as a policeman? How many police personnel did their duty on deputation in traffic division?                           
9. What did the boys say to their mothers about the money? When Willam’s brother died?       
10. What was the final location of the radar check point?   What was the previous one?