At least five agencies sent up to 325 federal officers a day to Portland from June through Sept. 30, 2020
Why words matter when we describe the incident
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Consider the dangers you may be overlooking when you take your duty weapons home and take steps to reduce your risk
Why well-documented descriptions of what each witness said needs to be in your police report
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
A step-by-step guide to configuring Microsoft’s spelling and grammar checker
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
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