... discover offenders if any identified and complete the ensuing paperwork. This may result in conviction or may not depending on the information and evidence found by the police if undertook the investigation, which would have been undertaken depending on the seriousness of the crime. If the result is not conviction then a warning may be issued instead or no formal warning whatsoever. An example of when police have undertaken reactive policing was in the case of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman where they were reported missing by their parents and the police reacted to the call and undertook an investigation into their disappearance. Proactive policing also known as 'intelligence lead policing' is where the police manage secret operations i.e. go undercover, exploit CCTV, tap peoples phones and use informants for information. This also may or may not result in convictions depending on information officers receive and evidence found. According to Sanders ...

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