Report Writing

If your passive voice sentence does not fall into any of these eight tactics, change your sentence to active

One tip to improve your report writing that will help reduce case turndowns and liability

Artificial intelligence is changing the way police write reports

Why you should keep it simple

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Tactics keep you alive, but report writing keeps you out of trouble

Police report writing is a keystone to any investigation and prosecution of offenders

An officer’s pocket notebook is on the way toward becoming a thing of the past

Take the time needed to prepare the type of descriptive arrest report that will permit you to remember the incident

Report writing is not a chore, it is the best tool for avoiding lost cases, lost lawsuits and in this current era, lost careers

Officers will be required to document their attempts to de-escalate a situation in all incidents, whether or not they end with force being used

A new rule prevents officers involved in using deadly force from reviewing bodycam footage before completing an initial police report

Follow these report-writing tips to improve the outcomes of your cases

Follow these seven steps to increase the odds a case is prosecuted

Paperwork consumes officer hours that could be better spent protecting the public and solving crimes