Review of documents as an investigator (search) action during the investigation of forgery of a driver’s license, its sale and use

Abstract

The article examines the peculiarities of conducting a document review as a primary investigative(search)actionduringtheinvestigation of forgery of a driver's license, its sale and use. Typical situations of law enforcement activities related to the detection of a driver's license with signs of forgery have been established. The legal grounds for examining and confiscating a driver's license, in which signs of forgery were found by a patrol police officer, inquirer or investigator, have been clarified and disclosed. The main tasks of inspecting a driver's license with signs of forgery are defined, with organizational and procedural measures for solving each of the tasks. Separate recommendations for drawing up procedural review documents, specialist written reports and his conclusion are outlined. Specific rules for handling a driver's license with signs of forgery during its inspection, preliminary examination, removal and packaging are proposed. It has been proven that the examination of documents during the investigation of forgery of a driver's license, its sale and use contributes to obtaining evidentiary information at the beginning of the investigation of a criminal offense under Article 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. An examination of the driver's license can be carried out as an integral part of the examination of the scene of the incident in case of detection of signs of forgery of the driver's document, and before the entry of information about this criminal offense into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations. The specialist carries out a preliminary study of the driver's license with signs of forgery, uses forensic technical means, helps the inquirer to describe the detected signs of forgery in the inspection report, prepares a written report and prepares a specialist's opinion. The involvement of persons with special knowledge in the review of documents ensures the correct documentation of forensically significant signs of a criminal offense in procedural documents, which enables a quick, objective investigation of the relevant objects in the subsequent appointment of forensic examinations. According to the results of the inspection of the driver's license with signs of forgery and its removal, a technical and forensic examination of the documents is carried out.