COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT

 

 PATROL REPORT

At about 16.00 hours on Wednesday 15 April 2009, Mr. James Watson aged 40 attended to police station Number "1O" at 14 Miami street to make a complaint. He met Captain Molar the commander of police station number "10". Mr. Watson started to give Mr. Molar the content of his complaint. He stated that at about 07.30 hours that morning he was accompanying his young son Patrick 6 years old to the school. A police Ford transit van license number K-L9687 was parked illegally at the front of "Oven Fresh "bakery at 28 Liberty Road. The vehicle surpassed the yellow line, it was completely blocking the pavement and not allowing pedestrians to pass via the pavement. The man was very angry about what happened to him and his son that morning. Captain Molar tried promptly to cool him down to be able to collect more information from him. Captain Molar ordered one fresh lemon juice for Mr. Watson. He also gave him a cigarette.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #1

 

Resuming his statement, Mr. James Watson further added that, consequently and because of the blocked pavement by the police van which made it impossible to pass, he and his son had to cross Liberty Road which was known as always busy. Crossing the road, Mr. James Watson and his son Patrick were in imminent danger because of the rushing vehicles. The man tried to cross the road three times. The first time, once both the father and the son initiated crossing the road, Patrick's school bag dropped on the ground. Patrick stopped suddenly to try to pick it up while a blue bus license number L-A 2283 was speeding towards them. Mr. Watson pulled his son quickly to the rear. The second time, Mr. Watson stumbled on the pavement. The third time, while Mr. Watson and his son were crossing the road, a red and white truck license number S-K 2563 was about to hit the young kid. MR. Watson pulled Patrick strongly forward and they both managed to pass safely.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #2

 

After Mr. Watson became quite cooler, he started again telling Captain Molar what happened after. He said that the danger he and his son were in made him very furious. He stopped at the opposite side of the road and took "IO" pictures to the police van. The pictures clearly illustrated the wrong position of the police vehicle. It showed that the police van was parked 2 feet on the pavement. It also showed that the police van totally surpassed the yellow line. Moreover, the car park was right next to a sign stating that parking wasn't allowed there. Mr. James Watson decided to submit a written complaint to the police station with the pictures of the police transit van attached to it.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #3

 

In response to Mr. James Watson complaint, Captain Molar ordered the duty officer to check the status of the Ford transit van license number K-L9687 according to the service roster. At about 16.25 hours the duty officer submitted a report of the status of the police vehicle which was involved in the situation. The vehicle was allocated to patrol team "Delta". The patrol team leader was Officer Kress. The buddy team member was Officer John.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #4

 

Captain Molar ordered the duty officer to call officer Kress to get questioned about the complaint. Friendly, Captain Molar apologized to Mr. Watson on behalf of the police station staff. Officially. Captain Molar promised him that fair and firm disciplinary procedures would be taken if somebody proved guilty.

 

QUESTIONS:

Q I. What was the license number of the blue bus? 

Q 2. What was the type of the pol ice vehicle?

Q 3. Where was the police vehicle parked?

Q 4. Who was the complainant'?

Q 5. Why didn’t Mr. Watson manage to cross the road at the first time? 

Q 6. What was the color of the truck?

Q 7. How many pictures did Mr. Watson take?

Q 8. At what time did the duty officer submit the report to the station commander? 

Q 9. Which team did the police van allocate to?

Q I 0. How many vehicles are mentioned in this case?