Lesson Plan

Lesson : Complainant Statement Taking Duration : 45 min

Trainer: Johnny Tun Cpl # 650 & Dale Baltazar PC Group : Police Officers
#141

Venue: Classroom Instruction Method: Lecture, Discussion, PE

Learning: The lesson aims to provide proper record taking of complainant statement that will both show
competence of the officer and the Belize Police Department.
Instructional Objectives:

Through class discussion on statement taking, using a PowerPoint presentation, scenario and a game,
participants will be able to:

C - Explain what is a statement

I - List and discuss the types of statements
C - Distinguishes between the factual detail and the offense detail.
A - Value the importance of proper complainant statement taking.
P – Create a complainant statement with its proper components with 80% accuracy.

Skills: Student Values:

1. How to record a proper statement Understand the different statement and which type of
2. Know what is purpose of a well recorded statement to record depends on the circumstance
statement
Online Resources:
1. Wheel of Names | Random name picker
2. Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!
General References
Belize Police Department Police Lesson Notes, Sixth Edition 2022, Page 79-81

Legal References
None

Teaching Aids and Resources

1. Power Point Presentation
2. Practical - Practicing writing statement with blank statement form
3. Multi-media projector
4. Speaker
Time Content (Polic Lesson Notes) Teaching Strategies
3– 5 minutes Introduction Oral Discussion
Sharing knowledge of Statement Taking  -Visual aid (picture)
- Knowledge Check;
identify and observed
what a picture is
depicting
-Wheel of names,
 Oral discussion 
10  minutes Body/Development  -Explain to officers what
is a statement
What is statement  -Types of statements,
Types of statement  -What is factual detail
Factual detail  and offense detail
Offence detail  - The purpose of taking
Purpose of a statement  proper statement.

20 minutes Teaching material & Presentation 

How to record a statement 
-   PowerPoint 

-   Explain statement
taking

- Distinguish between
factual and offence detail

- Importance of proper
statement taking.

-Hands Outs; Blank copy

of Statement.

5 minutes  Practical Exercise Reflective Question

Guided learning 
Practical 
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Conclusion:
(7 minutes ) 
Using the Kahoots game, the instructor will summarize the lesson with the students to make sure that students
are well informed on how to record a proper statement, what is the different type of statements, factual
details, offence details and the purpose of taking a statement.

Lesson Evaluation

Strengths:
Areas of improvement:
 ROPES Model

Review - Officers will go over the different

learning rules. Emphasize the
importance of participation.
- A picture will be shown depicting a
person giving a police officer a
report. Asking questions to reach at
statement taking. Participants will
be called upon randomly or with the
use of wheel of name.
Overview Learning Objectives: with the use
of PowerPoint presentation, scenario
and a game participants will be able
to
- C - Explain what is a statement
- I - List and discuss the types of
statements
- C - Distinguishes the difference
between the factual detail and the
offense detail.
- A - Value the importance of proper
complainant statement taking.
- P – Create a complainant statement
with its proper components with
80% accuracy.
Presentation - Using a power point presentation
- Explain to participants about what
they will be learning.
- State the importance of proper
statement taking.

Exercise - Guided learning

- In pairs, one person will be an
interviewer and the other will be an
interviewee on a RTA that occurred
at the corner of Albert Street and
Forest Drive Belmopan City, Cayo
District.

Summary - Using Kahoot, Officers will play a

Kahoot game to achieve equilibrium
and promote learning in a new
environment.