report writing : write 10 crime reports
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Consider the following sentence: “This officer alighted from his police vehicle and asked the operator of the suspect vehicle, one Ms. Anna Brown, for her driver’s license.” Would an officer really talk this way if this was simple conversation? Not likely.
This is a clumsy sentence. Particularly annoying is the use of the third person phrase “this officer.” It’s as if the author were describing someone else.
It seems like LEOs of the past have felt the need to pass down this ancient ritual of using stilted police jargon to the newer officers when instructing them on the art of report writing. They must believe reports are seen as more credible when using peculiar police phraseology. What it does is draw the reader’s attention away from the content of the report. A better sentence would be: “I got out of my cruiser and asked the driver, Ms. Anna Brown, for her driver’s license.”
2. DON’T MAKE THE READER SEARCH FOR INFORMATION
A lot of report writers expect the reader to search for information. For example, many officers include the date and time in the heading of their reports. Then they begin their report like this: “On the above date and time, I was on duty in cruiser 43.” This causes a disruption in the reader’s flow, because the reader must now look elsewhere to find out which date and time the author is referencing.
Similarly, authors often put the names and addresses of suspects, witnesses and victims in the heading, assigning each one a number. Then the author continually refers to each person described in the report as "Subject #1" or "Victim #2." This is extremely confusing and causes lots of eye shifting for the reader. It is far better to identify each person by their name in the report so that such confusion is minimized. Don’t make your reader hunt for information. Make it easy for them to follow your story logically and clearly.
Top 10 Reasons for Crime
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Unemployment.1. Poverty
This is perhaps one of the most concrete reasons why people commit crimes. Economic deprivation is seen as a major instigator in this regard. You will be shocked to know that 3 billion people in this world are categorized as poor and living on a very lower per capita income. UNICEF says more than 1 billion children are living in poverty worldwide. More than 20,000 children die due to poverty every day. In a country where economic deprivation is rampant, it is common for people to engage in criminal acts. The hunger and poor economic conditions are what leads many people to invest themselves in criminal cases.