St. Martin Academy – Investigations (Week 9) Practice Test

Detain and identify witnesses and suspects. This step emphasizes taking immediate action to control the scene by holding people who may be involved and gathering information about who they are and what they saw. Detaining helps prevent suspects from fleeing and reduces risk, while identifying witnesses and suspects provides essential names and descriptions for the investigation and for communicating what happened to responders. The other actions described don’t fit the scenario: detecting is about noticing something, detouring is about changing direction, and delivering isn’t about handling people or collecting identification.