Your supervisor instructs you to record an incident as a lower severity offence to improve the division's statistics. What should you do?

Your supervisor instructs you to record an

Multiple choice — select the best answer

AFollow the supervisor's instructions — they outrank you
BRefuse and record the incident accurately; if pressured, escalate through the proper complaints process
CRecord it as the supervisor says to avoid conflict
DChange the record after the supervisor reviews it

✓ Correct answer: B. Refuse and record the incident accurately; if pressured, escalate through the proper complaints process Officers have a professional and legal duty to document incidents accurately. Falsifying reports at a supervisor's request is misconduct. The proper channel is to refuse and escalate if pressured.

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