P1- Describing different types of formal written communication used in the uniformed public services.
‘An annual report is a comprehensive report on a company's activities throughout the preceding year. Annual reports are intended to give shareholders and other interested people information about the company's activities and financial performance.’ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_report (22/01/15)
Annual reports in the police
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner are required to produce an annual report at the end of the financial year. This report must include an assessment of the extent to which, during that year, proposals have been implemented, and things done, in accordance with the local policing plan. In the report it includes how much they have spent within the year and whether they have balanced there budget or not, also a percentage of the crime levels, the statistics of various different crimes and whether or not they have increased or decreased from the following year. Also actions put in place to reduce crime and how they carried out that. Also there priorities for the year; there main focus on what to improve, in the Cumbria Constabulary there priorities of the year in 2012 were to balance their budget, identify public priorities to support decision-making and guardianship of people who work for them.
Below is a pie chart of what the money was spent on throughout the year, this is included in the annual report.
‘The auditor's report is a formal opinion, or disclaimer thereof, issued by either an internal auditor or an independent external auditor as a result of an internal or external audit or evaluation performed on a legal entity or subdivision thereof’ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditor's_report (27/01/2015)
Audit reports in the Police
In an audit report they should firstly start off with writing an executive summary, giving a short abstract of the important issues that’s included within the