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A revised, professionally developed, easy to use, easy to understand police report writing book.  This book is current, relevant and will show anyone at any level of law enforcement how to successfully write a police report.  You will learn how to effectively document your call from the moment you are assigned that call until you are 10-8. This book was created and written by a police officer who improved and simplified report writing training. Targeted, easy to read, entertaining, with effective lessons and samples throughout. No annoying self tests, no vague instructions just simple, concise, complete police report writing with a bit of cop humor thrown in. This book will quickly teach you how to write an effective, factual police report line by line, segment by segment.  You will easily learn why you are writing a police report, what to include, what not to include.  You can even browse the numerous applied samples included in the book. These are funny "police call" stories with incorporated narrative samples explaining how your report should look when you are finished.  Generic enough for any agency police or sheriff. Specific enough for all crimes.  Simply the easiest instruction out there. Great for new, academy or any English Second Language officers who want a proven method to learn to write a police report quickly, simply with significant results.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; First Edition (April 1, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1441415033
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1441415035
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.74 x 10 inches
Reviewer: Chris Langee
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Job!! Easy and understandable.
Review: This book was easy to read and easy to digest. My report writing was not going so well and I liked this book for it's no nonsense, no filler content. It fits my job well and I was able to relate my writing difficulties to the stories in this book and I felt like there was very easy to understand instructions for pretty much any level. The other reviews seemed more personal than professional and I am glad I did the preview and purchase. I already gave this book to another officer who was having a hard time and this book was well received by him too. Great Job!!!!

Reviewer: Jeff L.Rose
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The book was easy to read and understand
Review: The book was easy to read and understand. What I liked best were the samples of crimes committed, synopsis, and police reports of how they are written.

Reviewer: Kevin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good book if your in police / security work and ...
Review: Good book if your in police / security work and have to wright reports. I recommend this book to ALL new officers.

Reviewer: Joseph Weido
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Four Stars
Review: Great

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: It is a great book

Reviewer: JOHN KNAPP
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: great material

Reviewer: SafeCop
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sloppy, unprofessional mess
Review: I originally saw this book mentioned in my ILEETA newsletter. I logged on Amazon to buy it. I guess I should have known when I noticed the author wrote a glowing review of his own book.This is one of the most poorly written books I have ever encountered. The mistakes in this book are too numerous to list in this small space but they include:Multiple instances of improper use of possessive (`s)Multiple instances of awkward and/or incomplete sentence.Multiple examples that this book was not proofread or inadequately proofread.Multiple examples of misplaced commas.Multiple examples of improper use of punctuation marks.The author does not seem to know when to put information related to the sentence in parenthesis and when to start a new sentence.The author by his own admission is not an English teacher. He then goes on to write an incomplete chapter about grammar. Included in the chapter is a section on adjectives but no mention of adverbs; the author addresses only 4 parts of speech when there are at least 8. It would seem that grammar would be an essential part of any report writing book. (Well, either have a chapter about grammar or don't).Any book on report writing is better than this one (Holtz, Wallace/Roberson, Frazee). This book contains a lengthy chapter on Use of Force reporting. The absolute indispensible work on Use of Force reporting was authored by George T. Williams.As an author of two law enforcement books and over fifty professional articles I know how hard it is to put your work out there to be scrutinized by a critical profession. But to author a book about report writing and have this many grammatical mistakes is indefensible. This is certainly not the Best Police Report Writing Book- in fact it is one of the worst. If this book was a police report it would be returned to the officer's box with the words- Re-Write and Re-Submit written in red.12-18-09Sir-Thank you for your response. Leaving grammar aside and concentrating on the body of the report narrative, I believe you may want to review a few crucial areas of information:1- I believe you propose to address the subjects of the report by roles (p. 78), rather than name (i.e. Suspect told victim "Stick 'em up.") I have found it is current in the profession to use the names in the narrative(i.e "Jones told Smith "Stick 'em up.").2- I also believe you propose using military time vs. AM/PM (p. 55). Considering the audience of a report goes beyond law enforcement personnel, most in the profession recommend AM/PM. Law enforcement is moving toward plain language.3- On p. 49, you suggest to list in your notebook, in order, from your department's report, the information needed to fill in a report. Why not just carry a blank report and fill it in as you go along?4- It seems on p. 49 you advocate putting the information in the 'fill in' section of the police report then not mentioning it again in the narrative section. If I read this correctly, it means you have a lot of "on the above date and time at the above location the above listed victim operated the above listed auto..." I believe this to be very out of step with what is current in our profession. The narrative should stand alone without forcing the reader to refer back to other parts of the report.5- It seems on p. 55 there is confusion between the term 'complainant' and 'victim.' The text states that if you are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store and no one is hurt, "the first complainant is the business." A complainant is generally defined as "A party that makes a complaint or files a formal charge, as in a court of law; a plaintiff." It would be clearer if the report just listed victims of the crime.6- On p. 99 you state you never used a question mark in a police report. A drug suspect never answered a question with a question? In drug interdiction circles, this is a major indicator and must be clearly listed.I know things are done differently throughout the country, but in my travels and teachings, in my humble opinion, what this book teaches is not consistent with the rest of the profession.From your samples in the back, I can tell you are a good cop with a lot of experience. It is a shame all this excellent experience and knowledge is clouded by the sentence structure, grammar and punctuation of this text.

Reviewer: NG Suet-mui
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Four Stars
Review: good

Reviewer: Lise M
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: OK

Reviewer: AbouRami
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good stuff and useful book