Writing Tips

Exceptional police work requires exceptional documentation. Every call, stop, and investigation demands reports that precisely detail events, outline investigative steps,

This is the affidavit for the arrest warrant for the murder suspect in the Brown University shootings. Outstanding job by

In law enforcement, a well-written report is often the difference between a case win and a loss. The report is

Excerpt from The Police Report Formula: Act Like a Journalist “Your job as a police officer is to report the

As police officers, we describe a lot of things! We often used modifiers to describe what we are talking about. 

Another error common to a lot of reports, especially police reports, is the run-on sentence.  I preach to keep sentences