Writing Tips

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

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

Advise vs. Advice What’s the difference between the two?….And, are we using the words “advise” or “advised” in our reports

Here’s a good article on active vs. passive voice. I’ll be adding more on active voice because of the difference