The University of Notre Dame Security/Police Department uses the following dispositions
in closing out case reports and investigations. The definition of the disposition is a
summary from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook
(UCR):
- Arrest-When a person is arrested; charged with the commission of the offense; and
turned over to the court for prosecution.
- Exceptional-When a suspect is identified as having committed a crime, but the
victim does not wish to prosecute, or the judicial branch of government declines to
prosecute.
- Unfounded-A complaint which is determined through investigation to be false or
baseless.
Case reports may also be closed out by:
- Pending-A complaint which has been investigated, but currently lacks sufficient
information to determine who committed the crime.
- Administrative-A complaint which is reviewed and determined to be non-criminal in
nature.
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