From the list of incident types, which of the following is an incident type?

• A. Abduction
• B. Arson
• C. Fraud
• D. Harassment

Answer: (A)

When logging and routing calls, an incident type is a specific category that describes the event you’re dealing with, guiding what information to collect and how to respond. Abduction clearly fits as an incident type because it denotes a situation where someone has been taken against their will, which is a distinct, time-critical event requiring immediate, coordinated action (search planning, welfare checks, possible Amber Alert procedures). This categorization helps responders and dispatchers quickly recognize the nature of the situation and mobilize the appropriate resources.

Arson, fraud, and harassment are also crimes, but in many standard incident-type lists they are recorded as offense types or more general crime categories rather than standalone incident types. The key idea is that abduction is the specific, defined incident-type entry used to describe this urgent scenario.