Write More Effective Reports in Less Time

Use the six purposes of police reports to learn the role that police reports play in the criminal justice system.

Identify your readers and the questions they want your reports to answer.

Learn how writing effective police reports can make you a more effective police officer.

Figure out how to include all the information that's needed and none that's not.

Guide your readers through your police incident from start to finish, just as you experienced it.

Use the Five Parts of a Police Report Narrative to easily organize your information.

Learn detailed style tips to document the people, places, and things you encounter during police incidents.

Learn the basic rules of English grammar, usage, and punctuation—including over 90 commonly-confused words and their meanings.

Put what you learn into practice with checklists, sentence starters, and sample reports.