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==Recommended Police Guidelines for Lineup and Photo Arrays==
 
==Recommended Police Guidelines for Lineup and Photo Arrays==
Following is a series of recommended guidelines for conducting lineups and photo arrays as written by the Port Washington Police Department.<ref>Port Washington Police Department, General Order 6.3.4: Eyewitness Identification, May 06, 2009</ref>
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Following is a series of recommended guidelines for conducting lineups and photo arrays as written by the Port Washington, Wisconsin Police Department.<ref>Port Washington Police Department, General Order 6.3.4: Eyewitness Identification, May 06, 2009</ref>
#Choose non-suspect fillers that fit the witness's description and that minimize any suggestiveness that might point toward a suspect;  
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#Choose non-suspect fillers that fit the witness' description and that minimize any suggestiveness that might point toward a suspect;  
  
 
#Specifically instruct eyewitnesses that the real perpetrator may or may not be present and that the administrator does not know which person is the suspect;  
 
#Specifically instruct eyewitnesses that the real perpetrator may or may not be present and that the administrator does not know which person is the suspect;  
#Present the suspects and fillers sequentially (one at a time) rather than simultaneously (all at once.) This encourages absolute judgments of each person presented, because eyewitnesses are unable to see the subjects all at once and are unable to know when they have seen the last subject;  
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#Present the suspects and fillers sequentially (one at a time) rather than simultaneously (all at once.) This encourages absolute judgments of each person presented, because eyewitnesses are unable to see the subjects all at once and are unable to know when they have seen the final subject;  
#Assess eyewitness confidence immediately following an identification. Carefully document a witness's response before any feedback from law enforcement;  
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#Assess eyewitness confidence immediately following an identification. Carefully document a witness' response before any feedback from law enforcement;  
#Avoid multiple identification procedures in which the same witness views the same suspect more than once.
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#Avoid multiple identification procedures in which a witness views the same suspect more than once.
  
 
==Composite Sketch==
 
==Composite Sketch==

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