True or False: Anything written within your field notebook is permanent.

True or False: Anything written within your field notebook is permanent.

• A. Sometimes
• B. True
• C. Not specified
• D. False

Answer: (B)

Field notes are official, lasting records of what you observed and did. They’re meant to be a permanent part of the case file, accurate and auditable. You write in real time when possible, using permanent ink, and you avoid erasing entries. If you need to correct something, you cross out the error with a single line and initial and date the correction, keeping the original text legible and adding the fix beside it. This practice preserves the integrity of the notebook as evidence and a reliable memory of events. So, the statement is true: anything written in your field notebook is treated as permanent because the notebook itself is a permanent, official record.

Field notes are official, lasting records of what you observed and did. They’re meant to be a permanent part of the case file, accurate and auditable. You write in real time when possible, using permanent ink, and you avoid erasing entries. If you need to correct something, you cross out the error with a single line and initial and date the correction, keeping the original text legible and adding the fix beside it. This practice preserves the integrity of the notebook as evidence and a reliable memory of events.

So, the statement is true: anything written in your field notebook is treated as permanent because the notebook itself is a permanent, official record.