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Adding Circumstantial Information to Incidents

In the Circumstances view of the Incidents screen, users can record details about an incident for a specific category like aggravated assault or murder.

This task is a step in Process of Managing Incident Reports.

To add circumstance information to an incident

1. Navigate to the Incidents screen, then the Incident List view.
2. Drill down on the Incident Summary field of the incident record.
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	Description
   Category	Select the category for the incident. Only certain types of incidents warrant additional circumstantial details. Values include Murder, Justifiable Homicide, and Negligent Manslaughter.
   Type	Select the type of category for the circumstances. The values that you can select depend on the value that you select in the Category field.
   Sub-Type	Select a further clarification of type for the circumstances. The values that you can select depend on the value that you select in the Type field.