With regard to warrants, can a clearance be counted when a warrant has been issued for an arrest?
Issuing a warrant, in and of itself, is not sufficient to clear an offense. Part I offenses can be cleared either by arrest or exceptional means. An offense “is cleared by arrest” or solved for crime reporting purposes when at least one person is: 1) arrested; 2) charged with the commission of the offense; 3) and turned over to the court for prosecution (whether following an arrest, court summons, or police notice) (pp. 79-81). To clear offenses solely on the issuance of a warrant is not in keeping with the long-established intent of the UCR Program to capture the number of offenses and the number of arrests related to those offenses.
