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8/13/2019 Quoting in Police Reports Answer Key
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Police Report Writing Test:
Quotation Marks
ANSWER KEY
Part I
1. Mr. Frankel told me that no one else had a combination to the safe. [not Frankelsexact wordsno quotation marks]2. Mrs. Callahan said !" heard m# do$ barkin$ at about 1%1& this mornin$.'["n(merican )unctuation )eriods and commas alwa#s $o insidequotation marks]*. !+ea,e me alone-' shouted arker when " knocked on his door./. inkham said the intruder threatened to !blow the whole damn )lace u).'[inkham isre)eatin$ the intruders exact words.]&. +e$er said the watch was an heirloom that used to belon$ to his $randfather. [not+e$ers exact wordsno quotation marks]
Part II
False 0. ou should alwa#s use quotation marks when #ou record what someone told#ou. [se quotation marks onl# if #oure recordin$ someones exactwords]False 3. "n (merican )unctuation sometimes the )eriod $oes outside the quotationmarks. ["n (merican )unctuation )eriods and commas alwa#s $o insidequotationmarks]False 4. 5efore #ou write down what someone said at a crime scene #ou should clean u)an# offensi,e lan$ua$e that the )erson used. ["ts im)ortant to record exactl# what the)erson said e,en if the $rammar is bad or the )erson used offensi,e lan$ua$e.]
Part III
" asked 6ilson if she worked at the baker#. 7he said #es. " asked her lon$ she had workedthere. 7he said about se,en months. " asked her if she e,er used the cash re$ister. 7hesaid she did.
8ewritten without re)etition%" questioned 6ilson. 7he said she had worked at the baker# for about se,en months andsometimes used the cash re$ister.