Incident Report

Writing

By Megan Marshall
What is conduct?
What is an incident report?
 What
Student Code of Conduct
Housing policies
Behavior
Actions in relation to the
campus community
Why is it important to write a
detailed report?
 Why
So we know what happened
Indicate violations
Identify potential student follow-up
Understand procedure
Absentia
They could be subpoenaed
Write it like a judge a would read it
 How
Notes:
Chronological!
Time(s)
Name (s) / student ID number
Third person
Use name
Define titles --> abbreviate
Magic sentence
On day of week, month date, year
at approximately time Resident
Assistant (RA) first and last name
was activity in location when
alleged name + activity...
 On Tuesday,October 10th, 2023 at
approximately 8:32pm Resident Assistant
(RA) Megan Marshall was doing rounds of
Blue Ridge hall when Steve Rogers
(920******) drove through the hallway on an
electric scooter...
Let’s practice!
Write a magic sentence!
 Incident #1
You - RA
Sitting in the lobby of Albright-Benton
2:30am
Friday, October 13th, 2023
Tony Stark
Walks into the building vaping
 Incident #2
You - RA
Walking to the water fountain on the 1st floor of
Balsam
12am
Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Bruce Banner
Hitting an exit sign with a green Hydroflask
Writing the Rest of the Report
What did you do?
What did the alleged do next?
Did you call anyone for help?
When did the incident resolve?
 Incident #2
You - RA
Walking to the water fountain
12am
Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Bruce Banner
Hitting an exit sign with a green Hydroflask
You asked Banner to stop hitting the sign, they turned around
They asked you not to call UPD
You did
Banner walked away
You asked them not to but they did
UPD arrived at 12:23pm
Went to BA-254, Banner not there.
Incident concluded at 12:35am
 On Thursday, October 12th, 2023 at approximately 12am RA Megan
Marshall was walking to the water fountain on the first floor of Balsam
when RA Marshall saw Bruce Banner (920*******) hitting an exit sign
with a green Hydroflask. RA Marshall asked Banner to stop. Banner did
not see RA Marshall initially and turned around when asked to stop.
Banner was immidietly apologetic and asked RA Marshall not to call the
police. RA Marshall explained that Residential Living policy would be to
file a police report. Banner was upset by this and walked away. RA
Marshall did not follow them, but asked them to wait for the campus
police (UPD) to arrive. Banner did not wait and continued walking
towards the stairs. RA Marshall called UPD and they arrived at
approximately 12:23am. Officer Hooper arrived and a police report was
filed. Officer Hooper went to Banner’s room (BA-254) but Banner was
not there. The incident concluded at approximately 12:35am.
 Recap
What is conduct / what are incident reports
Learning opportunity
Why
Understand a situation
Identify follow up
How
As detailed as possible
Magic sentence!