Report Writing 101
Fri, Apr 12
|Concord
Dates: April 12, 2024 Times: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Location: NH Fish and Game 11 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03302
Time & Location
Apr 12, 2024, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Concord, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301, USA
About the event
Report Writing 101
Our one-day report writing class designed to teach new officers and those struggling with report writing the foundations of preparing a quality report. The addresses police reports and the barriers to effective preparation. The course tackles common errors in police reports that lower their quality and efficacy. Report Writing 101 uses examples of properly written reports and provides direction on how to prepare, structure, write and proofread reports. The course will also touch on writing search and arrest warrants affidavits.
- Defining police reports.
- Why they are crucial to police work.
- Proper report preparation
- Barriers that prevent quality report writing.
- Consequences of poorly written reports.
- Foundations of a quality report.
- Common Grammar mistakes. Descriptive writing (further explained with class exercises).
- Drafting complaints, warrants (search & arrest)
- PRACTICE-PRACTICE-PRACTICE!
ABOUT GSPCC
Granite State Police Career Counseling (GSPCC) provides progressive and comprehensive law enforcement training through collaborative learning. GSPCC's instructors are seasoned classroom professionals with law enforcement backgrounds who are formally educated in their respective teaching and training fields.
About the Instructor:
Officer Phillip White, MS, MA (RET.) served for 26 years with the San Jose, CA Police Department. From 2017-2023, he was the department’s CA POST certified FTO Program Coordinator, providing supervision and leadership to over 85 FTOs, 15 FTO Sergeants and between 40 and 65 trainees during a given cycle. White was also the lead course instructor for the CA POST FTO Course. He served as an FTO for four years and in various special assignments outside of the Patrol Division, including in Investigations. He retired in January 2023 after 31 total years of law enforcement experience. He now resides in Portsmouth, NH.
Cost: $199 per student