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252: The Need to Know for Police Report Writing, for Trainers, Bosses, Court and Beyond
Great trainers will recognize that every significant action police take, or don't take, gets reviewed and evaluated in the eyes of the court. We do a lot, risk a lot, and have to write a lot of our experience, insight, evidence, and perceptions... to make sure our arrests get prosecutable, and/or our actions don't get us sued.. or worse. Back in the day we heard about the "red pen" where Sarges would mark up police report errors. These days, it's kicking them back for more details, more articulation. I definitely was known for being rigid in my early sergeant days.. trying to save my officers…
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