LE Reports in Law Enforcement

Technical Writing in Law Enforcement is for ______________?

• police call sheets

• incident reports

• supplemental reports

• all the above

Good ________________ are necessary for law enforcement

officers who are in constant contact with the public and other law enforcement professionals.

• writing skills

• communication skills

• verbalization

• command tone

True or False:

Technical Writing should be accurate, clear, concise, organized and data-based?

• True

• False

Police call sheets are a _________________?

• main report from a criminal investigation

• the direct result of a court document

• Produced by first officer on scene

• collaboration between 911 operators and law enforcement

__________________are trained to remain calm in intense situations and provide the caller with as much assistance as possible?

• police dispatch

• 911 operator

• first officer on scene

• all the above

True or False:

Police call sheets may be referred back to for legal purposes, if necessary?

• True

• False

True or False:

Police reports are written for police only and cannot be used in court in case of retaliation?

• True

• False

Incident reports are used for________________________?

• Are used to document factual details of a criminal incident

• Are written by police officers who investigate the incident

• Describe the who, what, why, when and how of

  an incident

• All the above

True or False:

Communication skills are necessary for law enforcement, but the most important part of the job is the physical aspects of it?

• true

• false

Written reports are use for _______________________?

• to describe the components of a police call sheet

• to describe an incident report

• to describe supplemental report

• all the above