WRITING AND COMPOSITION IN PUBLIC SAFETY

Definition of Police Writing

according to webster's new Collegiate Dictionary, a report is an accout of some

subject specially investigated or an official statement of facts.
a police report is a chronological or step-by-step account of an incident that
transpired in a give time (Soriano, 2005)

POlice reports maybe written or oral detailed or brief simple or complex.

along the several methos of writing, narrative report writing is effective in

writing police reports where it presents the facts that actually occured. the
chronology of actions is properly arranged according to order of events. The
rfeport writer should folow the standard format prescribed by the PNP.

purpose of police report writing

PNP Standard operating Procedure no. 2012-01

1. to serve as the official document and permanent record of incidents in the
community;
2. to compile statistical information and identity problems in the community
3. to facilitate investigations, prepare and defend court cases including
prosecutions of offenders; and
4. to identify the training needs of the members of the Philippine National Police.

important uses of police report writing

1. Serve as records for police administrators in planning, directing and organizing

the unites duties and fucntions;
1. use as legal documents in the prosecuton of offenders.
2. use as basis by law enforcement agencies and other government and private
organizations
3. provide information to the media which need access to public documents.
5. be a basis of research; and
6. reflect the competence and personality of the police writer regarding his
written work.

characteristics of effective police writing

1. accurate
2. brief and concise
3.

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types of police reports

-police blotter
-spot report