sec.617Identification of suspects

### sec.617 Identification of suspects It is lawful for a police officer to use 1 or more of the following procedures to help gather evidence of the identity of a person suspected of having committed an offence— an identification parade; a photo board containing at least 12 photos of people of similar appearance, 1 of whom is the person suspected of having committed the offence; videotape; computer generated images. The police officer must comply with the procedures in the responsibilities code for identification procedures. The police officer may ask a person to take part in an identification parade. The person may refuse to take part in the parade. This section does not limit the procedures a police officer may use to help gather evidence of the identity of a person suspected of having committed an offence. s 617 (prev s 275 (orig s 238)) renum 2000 No. 22 s 17 renum and reloc 2003 No. 49 s 8 (sec.617-ssec.1) It is lawful for a police officer to use 1 or more of the following procedures to help gather evidence of the identity of a person suspected of having committed an offence— an identification parade; a photo board containing at least 12 photos of people of similar appearance, 1 of whom is the person suspected of having committed the offence; videotape; computer generated images. (sec.617-ssec.2) The police officer must comply with the procedures in the responsibilities code for identification procedures. (sec.617-ssec.3) The police officer may ask a person to take part in an identification parade. (sec.617-ssec.4) The person may refuse to take part in the parade. (sec.617-ssec.5) This section does not limit the procedures a police officer may use to help gather evidence of the identity of a person suspected of having committed an offence. - (a) an identification parade; - (b) a photo board containing at least 12 photos of people of similar appearance, 1 of whom is the person suspected of having committed the offence; - (c) videotape; - (d) computer generated images.