What is DD 5580/12 used for?

• A. Complaint of stolen motor vehicle
• B. Vehicle Report
• C. Field Interview Card
• D. Field Test Results

Answer: (B)

Understanding what DD 5580/12 is used for. It is a Vehicle Report form, used to capture and document all pertinent details about a vehicle encountered by patrols or involved in an incident. You’d fill it out with descriptive information about the vehicle—make, model, color, year, VIN and license plate—plus registration status, owner information, location and time of contact, reason for documentation, and any notes about the incident or why the vehicle is being recorded. This creates a formal, trackable record for investigators and for the case file. It isn’t the form for reporting a stolen vehicle as a separate theft complaint, nor is it a Field Interview Card (which records information about a person you interview) or a form for recording field test results. So this form is specifically used to generate a Vehicle Report.