Report writing
The art and science of drafting a solid police report
Do you want to have your supervisors and detectives brag to administrators about how well written your reports are? Do you want to know what one of the major elements police departments look at when considering someone for a promotion or transfer to a specialty division?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, this class will bring you closer to those answers being a reality. Everyone will benefit from this course, from new officers to veterans and supervisors.
Effective report writing and documentation is one of the many important aspects of any first responder’s job. When you break down an officer’s day to day job responsibilities, report writing is a major portion of the workload. So why is something that’s a very important job function get such little attention? If your report is poorly written, contains inaccuracies or misses critical elements, it could cost you and your agency credibility, money and possibly your career.
In this course, we will go over the importance of the solid report, go over the objectives for a well written report, and cover all the information that needs to be included, as well as what doesn’t need to be.
We will go over the Top 5 situations in law enforcement that if you are involved in any of these, the probability of your report having errors or being poorly written is EXTREMELY high.
We will cover the entire report from beginning to end, with numerous examples and exercises to help you improve your writing abilities.
As a bonus we will teach you solid techniques utilizing psychological methods as well as scientific ones to ensure you are getting the right information from others for the report.