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JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 GRAMMAR
& COMPOSITION – REPORT WRITING

A
well-written report is clear and concise. Explain and discuss how proper
grammar and composition facilitates good report writing.

DQ2 POOR
GRAMMAR & SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Evaluate
the effects of poor grammar, syntax and sentence structure within the following
scenarios: 1) the supervisor who reviews the report, 2) the detective
conducting a follow-up investigation based on the report, 3) the state’s
attorney reviewing the report for purposes of charging a suspect or presenting
the case at trial, 4) a defense attorney reviewing the report in the defense of
his client, and 5) a judge or jury listening to the officer’s testimony at
trial.

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 QUALITIES
OF A GOOD REPORT

What are
the qualities of a good police report? Examine the necessity for good report
writing through the purpose and significance of reports within the whole
criminal justice system and outside of the system. Be specific.

DQ2 PROBABLE
CAUSE

What is
probable cause? Discuss ways in which a police officer can establish probable
cause. How can probable cause be best articulated in reports? What are the
ramifications of failing to justify probable cause in reports?

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 THE
POLICE INVESTIGATOR

What is the
role of the first responding officer to any crime scene? How important is it
that this officer is an effective note taker? What other responsibilities
besides gathering information does the first responding officer have?

DQ2 FATAL
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT

What role
do the police play in the investigation of fatal motor vehicle accidents? When
it is determined that an accident has been caused by a driver who has violated
the law, what courses of action do the police take? What types of reports are
completed here?

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 INTERVIEWING

What are
different types of interviews that police officers conduct? Is an interview
with a victim or eyewitness to a crime the same as an interview with a suspect
of a crime? Is a field interview of that suspect the same as an interview at
police headquarters?

DQ2 REPORT
WRITING SUPERVISION

Why is
there a need for supervisors to review police reports? Should departmental
policy dictate who is responsible for report writing review and approval? If
errors or omissions are found, can changes be made to the original report that
was submitted by the initial reporting officer?

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1THE
FOURTH AMENDMENT

Discuss the
Exclusionary Rule. Evidence that is obtained by the police using methods not
within the confines of the Fourth Amendment shall be excluded from a criminal
proceeding. What impact does this rule have on police? Does it influence the
service of search warrants?

DQ2 CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE

Evaluate
the impact of Miranda v. Arizona (1966) on police investigations. How does the
police officer document the processes necessary to show that a person willingly
has waived their rights during a custodial interrogation?

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 DATA
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Conduct an
Internet search of data communications technologies available to law
enforcement agencies. Present and discuss the findings resulting from that
search. Is there one type of technology that stands out as the most important
or most effective?

DQ2 DATA
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Assume you
are the chief of police of a medium-sized police department who is
contemplating a new or upgraded data communication system for your department.
Discuss what system you think is best suited for your department and explain
your reasons.

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 RECORDS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS – RMS

What is the
purpose of a RMS? What capabilities should a RMS provide to the individual user
and the law enforcement agency as a whole? Why?

DQ2
INTERFACING AUDIENCE

Why is it
necessary that an RMS not “stand alone” but, rather interface with a variety of
local, regional, state and federal systems? Given this availability of
information to a vast audience, comment on the importance of accurate and
complete report writing.

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 2 Homework

Your Police
Report Narrative Written Assignment is due this week.

Instructions:
Go to page 98 of the Biggs Just the Facts textbook. Complete Exercise #6: Crime
Report Exercise. Use the supplied fact pattern and prepare an appropriate crime
report narrative. Complete this assignment as a Word document.

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 3 Homework

Your Police
Accident Report Narrative Written Assignment is due this week.

Go to the
website of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration: National
Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey, located at www.nhtsa.gov (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.. Click on the Research & Data
link on the right hand side of the horizontal menu bar and then select National
Automotive Sampling System (NASS) (scroll down to the Data section of the
page). Look for the link for the
National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Study Case Viewer. Click this link and
it will open in a new window. In the Case ID box, enter: 2007009276170. Then
click on Get Case.

Review the
particulars of this fatal motor vehicle accident, case ID# 2007009276170. Use
the supplied information and prepare an appropriate accident report narrative.
Complete this assignment as a Word document

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 4 Midterm Exam

Question 1 (TCO
1) Which of the following is not an example of a concrete word used in police
reports?

Indicated

Drove

Searched

Found

Question 2 (TCO
2) Select one of the following that is not considered to be a part of report
writing technology.

Grammar
check

Internet
access

Forced
choices

Touch-screen
feature

Question 3 (TCO
3) Which of the following is not a quality of a superior investigator?

They are
aware.

They are
energized.

They have
experience.

They are
ethical.

Question 4

(TCO 3) The
most important thing to be established in a crime report is the _________, or
elements of the crime.

corpus
delecti

mens rea

habeas
corpus

actus reus

Question 5

(TCO 6)
Which federal agency is responsible for compiling and publishing yearly
statistics on motor vehicle accidents?

National
Transportation Safety Board

National
Highway Transportation Safety Administration

Federal
Bureau of Investigation

Department
of Homeland Security

Question 6 (TCO
3) General questions that a police officer can answer, by checking a yes or no
box for each question asked, can assist supervisors and investigators using ____________
to prioritize cases.

suspect
information

victim
information

solvability
factors

case
numbers

Question 7 (TCO
2) __________ is a reasonable belief that the person being arrested committed
the act he or she is being charged with.

Probable
cause

An absolute
certainty

Proof
beyond a reasonable doubt

Reasonable
suspicion

Question 8 (TCO
1) Which of the following is not the correct way to start a report?

On 05/12/2010,
I arrived on scene at 1235 hours&#-123;

On
06/30/2010, at approximately 2330 hours, I observed a male driving a
vehicle&#-123;

On
04/01/2010, about 1500 hours, I appeared at court for a hearing&#-123;

On
06/01/2010, at 1440 hours, I was dispatched to Main Street…

Question 9 (TCO
2) When a police officer conducts an interview, it is the first time the
officer will have the opportunity to compare the ________ and _________ s, and
it establishes a behavior baseline.

verbal/
nonverbal

truthful/
untruthful

victim/
suspect

correct/
incorrect

Question 10
(TCO 2) To be of most value, notes should be all of the following except:

Readable

Chronological

Accurate

Concise

Question 11
(TCO 1) Define and evaluate the difference between facts and opinions. Which
one should not be used in police reports?

Question 12
(TCO 2) Discuss and evaluate the four cost savings associated with officer
being proficient at completing reports in an automated reporting system.

Question 13
(TCO 3) List and evaluate the qualities of a superior investigator.

Question 14
(TCO 3) List and discuss the four most common methods of arriving at value estimates
in investigative reports.

Question 15
(TCO 2) Evaluate and discuss the differences between an interview and an
interrogation.

Question 16
(TCO 2) List and discuss the four important mechanics of note taking.

Question 17
(TCO 3) Define and evaluate the categorizing of people for a police report,
including victims, reporting parties, suspects, and witnesses.

Question 18
(TCO 2) Discuss and describe the difference between a criminal investigation
and an administrative investigation.

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 6 Homework

Your Search
Warrant Affidavit Written Assignment is due this week.

Instructions:

Go to page 142-143
in our course textbook. Complete Exercises Number 3 and 4. Write a made-up
introduction about yourself describing your experience as a law enforcement
official, as described in Chapter 9 of the textbook. Be creative. Be any type,
rank, or law enforcement official that you want to be! Then, in Exercise 4, use
the supplied fact pattern to write an affidavit for a search warrant as
outlined. Complete this assignment as one combined Word document, as if it
would be the affidavit of probable cause attached to the other sections of a
typical search warrant.

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 7 Homework

Your Arrest
Warrant Affidavit Written Assignment is due this week.

Instructions:
Go to pages 116-117 in our course textbook. Use the supplied fact pattern to
write an affidavit of probable cause for an arrest warrant as outlined.
Complete this assignment as a Word document, as if it would be the affidavit of
probable cause attached to criminal complaint to arrest the perpetrator of the
crime described.

TIP: Refer
back to the interactive contained within the Week 5 Lecture, where an example
affidavit of probable cause is provided!

JADM250 Police Report Writing

Week 8 Final Exam

Question 1

(TCO 1)
Which of the following is not the correct way to start a report?

On
05/12/2010, I arrived on scene at 1235 hours

On
06/01/2010 at 1440 hours, I was dispatched to Main Street

On
04/01/2010 at about 1500 hours, I appeared at court for a hearing

On
06/30/2010 at approximately 2330 hours, I observed a male driving a vehicle

Question 2 (TCO 2) Which is the following is
not a cost savings for a police department using an automated records system?

Reports can
be completed faster

Reduction
in storage and reproduction of records

Public
access to the automated system

Reports are
automatically approved

Question 3 (TCO 2) It is the arresting
officer’s responsibility to report all relevant facts in a complete, clear,
concise, and __________ manner.

timely

professional

well
written

accurate

Question 4 (TCO 3) What the ultimate goal of
an investigation?

To apprehend
the perpetrator

To uphold
and enforce the law

To find the
truth

To
determine a crime has occurred

Question 5 (TCO 3) The most important thing to
be established in a crime report is the _________, or elements of the crime.

mens rea

actus reus

corpus
delecti

habeas
corpus

Question 6 (TCO 4) The standard to follow in
determining whether to issue a search warrant in a particular situation is:
whether a reasonably cautious person could have concluded that there was a
“____________” for the finding of probable cause.

justification

reasonable
suspicion

substantial
basis

significant
reason

Question 7 (TCO 4 & 5) A search warrant
consists of three distinct parts including all of the following except:

The return
to the search warrant.

The
criminal complaint.

The search
warrant.

The
affidavit in support of the search warrant.

Question 8 (TCO 5) __________ contain few, if
any, factual allegations and merely state

the
conclusive allegation that the defendant committed the offense charged,
reciting

more or
less the statutory language.

Criminal
complaints

Court
orders

Search
warrants

Supplemental
reports

Question 9 (TCO 6) When a fatal motor vehicle
accident is the result of a violation of law, the accident scene becomes:

contaminated.

secured by
the responding officer.

a crime
scene.

documented
on an accident report.

Question 10 (TCO 7) The major benefit of a
fully integrated records management system is that it can:

communicate
data with other records systems.

maintain
crime reports.

allow
officers to print their reports.

provide
officers with a database of arrestees.

Question 11 (TCO 8) _______ is an agency-wide
system that provides for the storage, retrieval, retention, manipulation,
archiving, and viewing of information, records, documents, or files pertaining
to law enforcement operations.

CAD

MDT

RMS

UCR

Question 12 (TCO 8) The ___________ includes
collecting all relevant information on the subject and his or her arrest
details, verifying the subject’s identity, and addressing obvious physical and
mental health needs. This information may be obtained from the arrest report
record within the RMS.

investigation
process

court
process

booking
process

hiring
process

Question 13
(TCO 1) Define and evaluate the use of concrete words as opposed to abstract
words in narratives.

Question 14
(TCO 2) Describe and evaluate the Uniform Crime Reporting System (UCR).

Question 15
(TCO 2) Discuss and analyze how field notes are an “aid to memory.”

Question 16
(TCO 3) An evidence report has two basic components. The first is a description
of the evidence, and the second is the chain of custody. Describe and discuss this
phrase – chain of custody.

Question 17
(TCO 3) Describe and analyze the “average person test.”

Question 18
(TCO 4) List and discuss the things that police must show have recently
happened or are occurring in order to establish probable cause to obtain a
search warrant.

Question 19
(TCO 4) Examine and evaluate the particularity requirement in describing
property to be seized in a search warrant.

Question 20
(TCO 5) List and discuss the information that should be included in a bench
warrant.

Question 21
(TCO 7) Discuss and analyze the use of mobile data computers (MDC) by police
officers out on the street, and how these are beneficial to data communications
for law enforcement.

Question 22
(TCO 8) Discuss and evaluate the review process for police reports and how an
RMS might be utilized to accomplish this task.