ENGLIS

H ONE
For The Police Academy

Dr. Andre Resep, S.H., M.Sc.

Semarang 2015
BURGLAR
Y
MODUL 7
(FOR SESSION 13 & 14)
 PRE TEST
1. What is burglary?
2. What are the losses
suffered by the victim?
3. What are the evidences
we can find on the crime
scene?
 READ & DICUSS IN YOUR GROUP
Burglary
Burglary is one of the most frequently committed crimes in big cities, such as New York, Tokyo,
Jakarta, Surabaya, and Semarang. Therefore, it is very important that investigators be thoroughly
knowledgeable of procedures utilized to bring the cases to a successful solution.
Burglary investigations involve both residential and commercial properties. The following
guidelines are usually used to assign burglaries to police investigators: unusual or unique modus
operandi (M.O.); victims present during crime; safe involved; property taken sometimes includes
firearms; serious physical injury received by the victims or witness; forensic laboratory personnel
lifts a print declared of value by latent print expert; and same or similar crime within a six-month
period.
One of the functions of police investigator is to conduct a follow-up investigation on all
burglaries that fit within the aforementioned guidelines. It is the investigator’s job to:
 Interview the officer who conducted preliminary investigation (reporting officer) and latent print
team as soon as possible;
 Respond to crime scene and interview victim;
 Search crime scene for physical evidence and process scene when required for physical evidence;
 Canvass area for witnesses;
 Gather as much information as possible on property taken, including serial numbers;
 Examine point of entry and exit.

What do you think of the following factors; finger prints, alarm system, registered confidential
informant, crime patterns, suspects arrested for previous burglaries, etc.? Are they also important
factors to be taken into consideration?

 burglary (n) pencurian,
perampokan
 knowledgeable (adj) paham
 residential (adj) perumahan
 assign-ed (vt) menugaskan
 guideline (n) petunjuk
 injury (n) luka
 latent print sidik jari laten
 aforementioned disebutkan
sebelumnya
 preliminary pendahuluan
 confidential informant
informan rahasia
VOCABULARY
 burglar (n) pencuri, perampok
 thoroughly (adv) menyeluruh
 commercial (n) perdagangan
 property (n) banguan,
gedung, barang
 safe (n) brankas
 firearms (n) senjata api
 expert (n) ahli
 conduct-ed (vt) melakukan
 canvass-ed (vt) mensurvei
(menyelidiki)
 take into consideration
mempertimbangkan
 LANGUAGE FOCUS
Key Structure: It is important that….

Kata-kata ‘important’, ‘necessary’, dan ‘imperative’ dapat dipakai dalam dua struktur
kalimat:
 It is important for an investigator to respond to a crime soon.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO….. (VERB)

 It is important that an investigator respond to a crime scene soon.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ( SUBJECT) (VERB) (VERB INFINITIVE)

Dalam struktur kedua, dalam clause yang diawali THAT kata kerjanya dalam bentuk
INFINITIVE (BENTUK DASAR) APAPUN SUBJEKNYA, TERMASUK ORANG KETIGA TUNGGAL.
Contoh Kalimat:
 It is necessary for an investigator to understand the procedures of handling a burglary
(Perlulah bagi seorang penyidik untuk memahami prosedur menangani pencurian rumah). 
 It is imperative for an investigator to respond to a scene as soon as possible

(Mutlak bagi seorang penyidik untuk merespon TKP sesegera mungkin).

 It is important that an investigator interview the victim as soon as possible

(Pentinglah bahwa penyidik mewawancari korban sesegera mungkin).

 It is necessary that a police officer be nice to all complainants

(Perlu seorang petugas polisi ramah kepada semua pengadu).

 It is imperative that a police investigator secure a crime scene as soon as possible

(Mutlak perlu seorang penyidik polisi mengamankan TKP sesegera mungkin).

 GROUP TASK

Discuss the text in your group of

five, prepare a lecture of burglary
before performing it in front of the
class
 EXERCISE 1
Write T if the sentence or statement is true and F if it is false at
the end of it based on the reading passage above.
 
1. Burglary is mostly committed by with collar criminals in big cities.
2. There are specific characteristics of a burglary.
3. Police officers and investigators need to be knowledgeable about
burglary.
4. There is no money motive in a burglary.
5. There is always a possibility that a victim gets injured in a
burglary.
6. It is always important to respond to the crime scene of burglary.
7. Point of entry and exit in a burglary will never contribute to the
solution of the case.
8. Previous burglaries might have correlation with the present one.
9. Investigators need to canvass the area to find witnesses.
10.There is no point to interview a victim of burglary.
 EXERCISE 2
Discuss in your small group the following questions and answer
them completely in English based on the reading passage above.

1. Why do you thing burglary is mostly committed in big cities?

2. What are typical about burglaries?
3. Is it important for police investigators to be knowledgeable of the
procedures in handling a burglary? Why?
4. Is a burglary unusually committed in the victim’s presence?
5. What is the difference between a burglary and a theft?
6. Are commercial or residential properties always involved in a
burglary?
7. What does ‘canvass area for witness’ mean?
8. Why is it important to interview victims of a burglary?
9. Why is it important to examine point of entry and exit in burglary?
10.Why is it important to contact registered confidential informants?
 EXERCISE 3
Translate the following sentences into English using the structure of ‘ It is
important to……’ or ‘It is important that….’

1. Pentinglah bagi seorang penyidik untuk melindungi TKP dengan tegas.

2. Penting bahwa seorang penyidik cukup tegas melindungi TKP.
3. Mutlak perlu bahwa TKP diamankan sesegera mungkin.
4. Perlu bagi setiap orang untuk berhati-hati bila berjalan pada malam hari.
5. Perlu bahwa seorang penyidik membagi tugas kepada setiap anggota tim.
6. Mutlak perlu bahwa seorang penyidik mewawancarai korban
pencurian/perampokan.
7. Mutlak perlu bahwa korban perampokan melaporkan kejadian kepada polisi.
8. Penting bagi setiap penyelidik untuk memahami prosedur penyidikan kasus
perampokan.
9. Penting bahwa penyidik mengontak informan rahasia dalam kasus
perampokan.
10.Perlulah bagi penyidik untuk mengecek arsip polisi dari waktu ke waktu.
 EXERCISE 4
Retell the reading passage using the following hints.
 burglary /one / investigators / thoroughly knowledgeable /
procedures / to process / cases
 burglary investigations / involve / residential / commercial /
properties/
 the following/ the characteristics / burglary: unusual or unique M.O.;
victims present during crime; safe involved; property taken
sometimes include firearms; serious physical injury received by victims
or witness; forensic laboratory personnel lifts a print declared of value
by latent print expert; same or similar crime scene within a six-month
period.
 one / functions / police investigator / conduct / follow-up
investigation
 it / is / investigator’s job / to:
 interview / officers / who / conduct / preliminary investigation/ and
latent print team/
 respond to / crime scene / interview / victim
 CONCLUSION

 Burglary mostly taking place in big

cities usually involve residential and
commercial properties.
 It is a very dangerous crimes because
the victims get injured by the perps.
 The perps normally leave evidence at
crime scenes such as finger prints,
shoe prints, and car tire prints.
 
 
 POST TEST
1. What is burglary?
2. What are the losses
suffered by the victim?
3. What are the evidences we
can find on the crime
scene?
 HOMEWORK
Write down all words and phrases that you
know which are related to a burglary .
1. ……………….. 6. ………………..
2. ……………….. 7. ………………..
3. ……………….. 8. ………………..
4. ……………….. 9. ………………..
5. ……………….. 10.………………..
 
 
Describe your knowledge about a burglary in
English.
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 YOU ARE
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