Report Writing
The Amber Heard appeal can teach police officers a lot about civil litigation. Here’s a summary of the key lessons
A study of Dutch police officers found that the officers who were able to watch their BWC footage of a training exercise wrote more accurate and complete reports
Common errors that will get your report rejected by your supervisor or the courts
Why you should keep it simple
Tactics keep you alive, but report writing keeps you out of trouble
A step-by-step guide to configuring Microsoft’s spelling and grammar checker
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
In this podcast segment, Jim and Doug discuss this new technology, as well as what the San Francisco DA’s motives might be in deploying it
An inaccurate report can cost time, reputation or even a conviction
The complexity of domestic violence means that no single discipline can tackle this crime alone
Written for officers at all levels, this book discusses proper note-taking at the scene of a crime, different elements of police reports and compliance writing
Mobilize your department with mobile dictation tools and increase in-field reporting efficiency, recruiting and safety
TBL Systems’ mobile platform helps agencies of any size modernize their operations and scale to their needs
Nuance’s speech recognition solution uses law enforcement lingo, adapts to accents and reduces noise to help officers create incident reports with accuracy, speed and safety
Even a reasonable, properly performed use of force incident can come under scrutiny if the report describing the situation is not effectively written
Advances in speech recognition tech have accelerated data collection and document creation for police officers while improving the detail and accuracy of reports
The availability of video evidence represents an opportunity to make police reports more factual and representative of what actually happened
Most officers are writing reports with a records management system, but many feel there is room for improvement
Jim and Doug discuss best practices for report writing, and ponder what the future holds
Take our 10-question quiz to test your knowledge of federal crime reporting standards
Caliber Public Safety provides its users with access to a nationwide network of person, property and incident data through its InterDEx network
Online RMS from Caliber Public Safety makes it easy for officers, dispatchers and investigators to enter and share information
Chief Operating Officer Brian Maxey said labeling some as “suspect” can be misleading if they aren’t suspected of anything
Using first person makes your reports more clear and easy to read