Describing a Suspicious Person or Vehicle
The proper way to describe a suspicious person is to start by indicating the person's sex, race or descent and his or her physical description. Clothing should be described from the top down and outer clothing to inner clothing if visible.
These two examples illustrate helpful details when providing a description of a possible crime.
- The subject was wearing a blue baseball cap a red letter 'D' on the front, tan jacket, yellow T-shirt, faded blue levis and dirty white tennis shoes.
- The subject was driving a 2-door Chevy coupe with a black top and red body. The car had a blue and white license plate, Illinois - ZE9311.