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Common Mistakes in Investigations <br /> j 1. Start out with pre-conceived conclusions <br /> <br /> i <br /> 2. Overlook files and records. <br /> i <br /> 3. Leave questions unanswered; facts unclear. <br /> 4. Use secondary instead of primary sources of information. <br /> 5. Misled by your own bias toward the witness or the accused or the bias of. <br /> others. <br /> 6. Yield <br /> to ressures for hast action. <br /> p <br /> Y <br /> 7. Dona complete the investi ation in a time) manner. <br /> 9 Y <br /> 8. Confuse conclusion and factual data. <br /> 9. Fail to protect evidence. <br /> 10. No first hand inspection of location involved. <br /> 11. Incomplete recording of investigation data. <br /> 12. Reach final conclusions before complete gathering, and <br /> evaluation of investigatory data. <br /> 13. Decide on relevancy or irrelevancy of data before all <br /> data is assembled. <br /> 14. Draw inferences that do not follow from facts. <br /> 10 <br /> - _ <br /> <br />