How are police sketch artists so accurate?

Question

I don’t understand how police sketch artists are so accurate from a person’s description. To be honest, I feel like I couldn’t adequately describe my best friend’s physical appearance well enough for a sketch artist to draw it.

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Answer 1

1. You are probably overestimating the accuracy.

2. They are trained to ask you the right questions. For example, the question isn’t “how is the shape of their beard?” But “which of these 500 beards (sorted into categories) fits best to the person?”