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You know it’s important to write a good report. But how do you do it? In this tip, risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham emphasizes the importance of well-written, accurate, complete, objective and timely incident reports.
Get more tips from Gordon here.
Questions for discussion:
- What steps can officers take to ensure their reports are well-organized and easy to understand?
- How can officers balance providing necessary details while keeping reports concise?
- Why is it important to consider how a defense attorney might challenge a report?
- What are the consequences of leaving out key details in an incident report?
- How can supervisors support officers in improving their report-writing skills?
Additional police report-writing resources from Police1
- 3 simple ways to reduce redundancy in police report writing
- Why every police report needs a synopsis
- When to use passive voice: 8 tactics of professional writers
- Your English teacher was right: Active voice is better than passive voice
- The future of police report writing
- 3 simple ways to instantly improve your report writing
