"A Person of Interest" - How To Be A Better Witness

It can happen fast. You witness a crime against a person or a crime perped on you or a loved one and you wish you had your camera. Everyone has a camera. It is your short memory. A person is said to have 5 senses. They are sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. I always hated it when some saw something I missed. They were not smarter, they just used more observation. Use your five gifts collectively or one by one, but use them all if you can. No detail is too snmall.

The crime: A man busts the window to your car with a pipe.

There is way more to this crime. There is way more that you "see." You get a good look at the guy, and you are close, but you choose not to intervene. Using your "mind 's camera" You freeze frame the perp's image in your mind. Estimate if you can from the suspect in this crime describing him and his actions from his head down. going from the head down. Is he wearing a hat, if so what kind? Does the cap the subject is wearing have any markings, wordage on it like a company logo, or ball team? Is the hat on backwards or forwards? What color is the cap? What color would his hair be? Curly, long or short dyed or bald?

Does he have a mustache or a beard or clean shaven? Do you notice tattoos on this person anywhere? What design or color of tatoo? Is he wearing a shirt? If so What type? Is the shirt torn? Is there logo of any kind on it? You think back and recall that the subject also was wearing a gold necklace. He had a watch on his left wrist. He smashed the drivers side window with a chrome shiny metallic pipe. He had a rip in his blue jeans on the left knee. He ran East on main street and you noticed a brand name on his tennis shoes. You recall he smashed the drivers side window with his left arm in a back hand motion. That pipe you saw may have been found with fingerprints on it. That pipe you saw may have window glass shards on it. That pipe you saw may have the suspects blood on it. Maybe the creep had to go to the hospital