When writing police reports, the information provided must be concise, detailed, and relevant to the case. The officer must cover the different elements of the case to include who, what, where, when, and the how. When the officer makes a complete and in depth report, the officer will be able to remember information and maintain the integrity of case.…
Structure of the report; Rhetorical style; Writing skills, including grammar, spelling, neatness; Use of appropriate illustrations; Length of report…
Want to protect the public and society, wants to get to the bottom of things and to find out the truth.…
Identify and discuss the various types of written or oral communication presented in the case and the guidelines for each type of communication. Consider the prosecution, defense, witnesses, and the judge. Write an arrest-and-incident police report using the specified guidelines and parameters for report writing as outlined in the assigned readings. Assume the role of the investigating officer. The report must be factual, accurate, objective, and complete. Ensure the police report is as long as necessary, concise, clear, and mechanically correct.…
police officer for the Tampa Police Department. It also includes facts and information about the…
This story started to take place on March 5, 1973 in Dale City, California. It further continued on as the main character gets older.…
“Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews is about a boy, Greg, and his friend, Earl. Greg likes to credit himself to “not being friends with anyone”, saying he is friends with all of the groups. However, there is one thing that makes Greg and Earl real friends, their love of film making. In the beginning of the story, Greg learns that his old friend, Rachel, is sick with leukemia. To try and “cheer her up” Greg begins to visit her, and they become great friends. Since Greg is such great friends with Earl, he decides to introduce them. Things start off rocky, but eventually they all become friends. One day Rachel and Greg begin talking about the films that he and Earl make, she asked to see one but he, of course, rejected that idea. Even…
entrusted to make decisions based on the success of the organization. Some of the main aspects…
According to the article “Values in Policing” (1988) it states that in the police system, a police officer…
Able to, not only supervise, but be able to provide guidance for individuals and teams…
A police officer acts as an official representative of the government; he is required and trusted to work within the law. The officer's powers and duties are conferred by statute. The fundamental duties of a police officer include serving the community; safe-guarding lives and property; protecting the innocent; keeping the peace; and ensuring the rights of all to liberty, equality and justice. (As cited in Banks, 2009, p.31)…
Police and law enforcement play a critical part of keeping peace in our society and trying to make sure that criminal activity is kept at a minimal from the local to the national levels. The five main responsibilities of the police are to enforce the law, arrest offenders, crime prevention, preserving the peace, and providing services to the citizens of our communities. The main policing style that relates to officers is personality type, life philosophy, and problem solving. The policing styles are usually grouped into the watchman, that can be a bully to maintain peace, but they are also willing to give warnings or help people stay out of trouble in exchange for becoming an informant, the legalistic officer is usually the hard core officer that will always have an arrest if a crime has been committed, and the service oriented officers that take the law serious, feels that their job provides them with the opportunity to help people.…
Officer selection is a very detailed process. Every police department wants to recruit, select, train, and maintain the best and brightest officers possible. The job of a police officer requires an individual that can deal with stressful situations and the ability to interact with the community. The job requires quick decision making and good judgment. Police duties vary from writing reports to maintaining order to responding to criminal situations, all of which require critical thinking skills. Officers should possess certain traits due to the range of duties they will have to perform. These traits include physically agility, the ability to cope with difficult situations, well-developed writing skills, good communication skills, sound judgment, compassion, strong powers of observation, and the ability to both exert and respect commands of authority (Grant & Terry, 2008).…
citizens off the United States. The officers head up local departments and are responsible for…
According to the course text, spelling is one area of consideration in crime report writing (Miller & Whitehead, 2015, pg. 219). The reason is because the spelling area is where mistakes are easily made. The four type of spelling errors are very easy made through criminal justice reports. The first error, is spelling the defendants name wrong, this error is common in reports. The second error, is misspelling words, which is problem since some words are commonly used in the criminal justice system. However, misspelling is still a common mistake found in reports. The third error, is making gross errors in everyday words. This another common error in reports. Lastly, using words that sound the same but have different meanings. All of these…