A question for LEOs, report writing?

[ramco]

Yeah,
Police report

On 01/22/08 at approximately 0123 hours, I was dispatched to 11612 SW 5th Street, Yukon, Oklahoma to a house fire. I arrived at approximately 0128 hours and immediately saw the house was completely engulfed in flames.

I advised dispatch of this and noticed a man a woman and two children in their bedclothes standing across the street watching the house. I asked if everyone was out of the house and they advised yes, and that no one was missing and all were accounted for. After determining there were no injuries, I identified the family members and verified they were from the house, advising them the fire department and ambulance were on their way.

I then drove to the intersection of SW 5th and .........

Fire department report

House on fire. Drove there. Put it out. Drove back Cleaned truck

Now if you are going to write a fire department report, you have to use the phrase “structure was totally involved “, and we “got it knocked down right away” at least once in the report. Don’t be disrespectin’ our hose draggers!

 

[THAT Gurl]

I knew a few guys named Billy.

I’m sorry to hear that.

You probably ran into him then. Ehhh, just is what it is. You pick yourself up, dust the dirt off your ass and move on. Can't pick your relatives, eh?

 

[leemozoid]

I know that here on OSA being a text based platform, we have a pretty good grasp of the written word. Many of us have also done extensive report writing either LE, security or military. My question is how do you train someone not only the importance of writing a report but how to do it? Especially to someone who is a product of the failed modern education system.anyone have any tips or tricks on how to not only gather, but present information in a coherent manner?

IMHO that person is wholly unqualified to be a LEO. They need to attend some sort of remedial education at a JUCO before they even consider applying to an Academy.

 

[bigfug]

I can tell you that ChatGP is not the way. It's not CJIS compliant when you are posting the details of a criminal investigation on to an unsecure 3rd party site.