ENGL 1024 - Writing Police Reports: Theory and Practice

1. Key terms, concepts, and content of police reports
2. Elements and issues of technical writing
3. Characteristics of acceptable and unacceptable police reports
4. The role of police reports in the legal process
5. Writing, reviewing, and revising police reports

1. define key terms and concepts of writing police reports (1.1.2, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.3.1)
2. describe the role of police reports in the legal process (1.1.6, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.3.3, 3.3.4)
3. differentiate between rhetorical characteristics of academic and police report writing (1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.6, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.4, 3.3.1, 3.3.3, 3.3.4)
4. describe the relationship between good report writing and testimony (3.1.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.3)
5. write a police report in first person (1.1.6, 3.1.1, 3.1.3)
6. differentiate between facts, inferences, and opinions when writing a police report (1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2.1, 3.2.2)
7. use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and sentence and paragraph structure in a police report (1.1.6, 3.1.3)
8. write a police report that is clear, complete, concise, and accurate (1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.6, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.3)
9. write a police report that presents all relevant details in chronological order (1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.6, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.3)

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