Eyewitness Identification

Present Winnipeg Police Service Procedures : Photo line-up

The photos are selected by computer. All the photographs are the same in size and shape. They are selected based on their similarity to the suspect and they are not more than 10 in number. The officer presenting the photographs is required to instruct the witness that he does not know the suspect and is not aware if his photo is included in the pack and that the suspect may not be included.

On behalf of the Winnipeg Police Service, it was agreed that there would be no objection to a recommendation that the officer conducting the photo line-up be required to present the photographs sequentially rather than altogether as a package. There was as well agreement that the entire interview with the witness should be recorded on audiotape from the commencement of the interview to its conclusion. There was an evident willingness to consider and adopt recommendations that might result from the Inquiry.

 

 

 

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