1st Party Report:
A statement given by the person who experienced the incident directly. Can be either the Impacted Party or the Implicated Party
2nd Party Report:
A statement given by someone who heard the information from the person who experienced the incident directly. • Unless there are mitigating circumstances, a 2nd Party Report will be taken as information only; used to support or fill in information for a 1st Party report.
3rd Party Report:
A statement given by someone who heard about the incident from someone other than a first hand account. These reports are considered unreliable. • Unless there are mitigating circumstances, a 3rd Party Report will not be accepted and no process will be engaged.
Anonymous Report:
A statement given without identifying information about an incident. • Unless there are mitigating circumstances, an Anonymous Report will not be accepted and no process will be engaged.