The Detective’s DeskTavi Cole
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
HARD · CASE FILE
The business-day release
Hard · EAST ARCHIVE LICENSING
A licence needs two sequential waiting periods. The first period’s finishing day is not counted again as the first day of the next period. The archive retained the competing reconstructions in separate packets. Rebuild their custody events, identify the proposal supported by the analytical records, then name that packet’s recorded handler. The packet events form a separate ordered register; do not substitute a calculated clock time for a review-slot label.
Read the case file below, or open the interactive desk to examine records, keep notes and submit your reasoning. These are the case materials, without the solution.
Your assignment
Who handled the packet containing the supported reconstruction?
- The analytical records answer the analytical question; worksheet records establish the packet custody reconstruction. Candidate proposals and supplementary recollections are claims to test.
- There are 5 ordered events. Use each listed person, location and item once in its column. “A immediately before B” means A is in the row directly above B, with no row between them.
- 6 verified records support the complete submission. Keep the separate context note out of the proof.
- No outside facts or unstated exceptions are required. The complete board and report are assessed together.
People and accounts
Oren Bell
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
Inez Shore
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
Lena Ford
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
Pera Dean
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
Case records
Read each record on its own terms. A claim made by a person is different from a fact established by an independent record.
VERIFIED RECORD A
Calendar
June 1 is Monday. Saturdays and Sundays are closed. June 4 and June 9 are also closed holidays. All other June weekdays are business days.
Construct the business-day calendar including both holidays.
VERIFIED RECORD B
Submission rule
The file is submitted Monday June 1. Initial review takes three business days, counted starting with the next business day. Approval occurs at the end of the third counted day.
Do not count submission day or closed days.
VERIFIED RECORD C
Release rule
After approval, wait two more business days, again starting with the next business day. Release is at the end of the second counted day.
Start the second period after, not on, the approval date.
CONTEXT NOTE
Form format
The file was submitted in the correct format, so no extra delay is implied.
This describes the setting; it does not establish the requested result.
RECONSTRUCTION RECORD
Packet proposal index
This is the same investigation’s packet custody record. There are 5 ordered events, labelled Review 1, Review 2, Review 3, Review 4, Review 5. Each listed person, location and item occurs exactly once. These slots describe record order, not times from the analytical problem. Each packet contains the proposed reconstruction shown in the index. Solve the original three analytical records to identify the supported proposal, then trace its packet to its handler. Control packets have no proposal and cannot be the target.
- The event handled by Tavi Cole occupies slot 5 (Review 5).
- The event at Reading desk occurs immediately before the event handled by Oren Bell (consecutive rows, with no event between them).
- The event at Dispatch shelf occurs immediately before the event at Review bench (consecutive rows, with no event between them).
- The event handled by Inez Shore and the event at Dispatch shelf are exactly 2 positions apart, with 1 intervening event; this alone gives no direction.
| Packet | Proposed analytical answer |
|---|---|
| Packet Amber | June 11 |
| Packet Birch | June 8 |
| Packet Cedar | June 10 |
| Packet Dune | June 9 |
| Packet Elm | Control packet: no analytical proposal |
Use each column’s choices exactly once. Verified relationships govern the board; proposed answers and later recollections do not override them.
RECONSTRUCTION RECORD
Custody sequence
The relationships below were verified independently. “A immediately before B” means A is in the row directly above B, with no row between them. Keep relationships from all worksheet sources together.
- The event at Intake counter occupies slot 5 (Review 5).
- The event involving “Packet Birch” occurs immediately before the event involving “Packet Cedar” (consecutive rows, with no event between them).
- The event handled by Pera Dean and the event at Reading desk are exactly 2 positions apart, with 1 intervening event; this alone gives no direction.
Use each column’s choices exactly once. Verified relationships govern the board; proposed answers and later recollections do not override them.
RECONSTRUCTION RECORD
Cross-check and accounts
The relationships below were verified independently. “A immediately before B” means A is in the row directly above B, with no row between them. Keep relationships from all worksheet sources together.
- The event at Intake counter and the event involving “Packet Elm” are exactly 4 positions apart, with 3 intervening events; this alone gives no direction.
- The event at Seal station is the same event as the event involving “Packet Amber”.
- The event at Intake counter and the event at Dispatch shelf are exactly 4 positions apart, with 3 intervening events; this alone gives no direction.
Use each column’s choices exactly once. Verified relationships govern the board; proposed answers and later recollections do not override them.
Questions to resolve
On which date is the file first releasable?
Match every recorded item to its handler or reviewer.
- Packet Elm
- Packet Birch
- Packet Cedar
- Packet Amber
- Packet Dune
At which location was the target packet handled?
Use the interactive case desk to select your finding and cite the records that support it. The answer is checked there, and your progress stays in your browser.
Build your finding
Compare the records with each account. Work out what the evidence establishes, then separate that finding from anything it does not prove.