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Adding Circumstantial Information to Incidents

This task is a step in Process of Managing Investigative Cases.

Using the Incidents screen's Circumstances view, users can record details surrounding an incident belonging to specific categories like aggravated assault, murder, and so on.

To add circumstance information to an incident

1. Navigate to the Incidents screen > Incident List view.
2. Select an incident record and drill down on the Incident Summary field.
3. Click the Circumstances view tab.
4. Create a new record and complete the fields as appropriate.

   The following table describes some of the fields.

   Field	Comment
   Category	Category to which the incident belongs. Only certain types of incidents warrant additional circumstantial details. Examples include Murder, Justifiable Homicide, and Negligent Manslaughter.
   Type	Use this field to further clarify the type of category to which the circumstances would belong. The options for this drop-down list are dependent on the value selected from the Category drop-down list. Options in this drop-down list are dependent on the option you choose for the Category field.
   Sub-Type	Use this field to further clarify the type of circumstance. The options for this drop-down list are dependent on the value selected from the Type drop-down list.