Question

What should police officers do to prevent false identifications during lineups?

Answer 1

To prevent false identifications during lineups, the police officers should tell the witnesses that the lineup may not include the suspect. The eyewitness identifications are subject to a high rate of error because witnesses are subject to high stress or anxiety, the human memory tends to reconstruct incidents because humans do not have the capability to record memories like a video recorder; witnesses often focus on weapons, and not the identification of the perpetrator, among other reason.