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Effective Law Enforcement Report Writing, Fifth Edition

Effective Law Enforcement Report Writing, Fifth Edition

A comprehensive set of guidelines to aid individuals with official law enforcement reporting.


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Publisher :LexisNexis Law Enforcement
Format: 1 volume, softbound , BOOK

ISBN: 9781422404386

2006
 
$25.95
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    Formerly "Investigative and Operational Report Writing" – This newly updated fifth edition has been fully reorganized and expanded. Author Larry E. Holtz offers a comprehensive set of guidelines to aid individuals with official law enforcement reporting. Part I includes numerous examples and step-by-step procedures on how to prepare incident, operations, investigations, and supplementary reports, as well as how to use them when testifying in court. Part II provides practice questions and problems to test one’s knowledge and prepare for entry-level or promotional exams. Part III introduces an essential Reference Section that covers areas such as commonly misused and misspelled words in law enforcement. Whether it’s kept on your desk or in your glove box, this book is a resource that all law enforcement professionals must have for effective report writing!


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    Part I: The Ten Commandments of Effective Law Enforcement Report Writing
    •  1 - Never Fail to Properly Document Your Actions and Observations
    •  2 - Always Maintain Perspective
    •  3 - Always Think Before You Write
    •  4 - Take Field Notes
    •  5 - Briefly Outline Before You Begin Writing Your Formal Report
    •  6 - Record All Relevant Facts and Strive for Accuracy
    •  7 - Always Remain Objective
    •  8 - Strive for Clarity and Readability
    •  9 - Always Read Your Report Before Submitting It
    •  10 - Preview and Review

    Part II: Practice Questions and Problems in Effective Law Enforcement Report Writing Succinct Writing
    •  English Grammar and Usage
    •  Field Notes

    Part III: Effective Law Enforcement Report Writing Reference Section
    •  Commonly Misused Words in Law Enforcement
    •  Commonly Misspelled Words in Law Enforcement
    •  Common Roots and Their Meanings
    •  Common Prefixes and Their Meanings
    •  Common Suffixes and Their Meanings

     

    Larry E. Holtz


    Larry E. Holtz is the former Sergeant of Detectives with the Atlantic City Police Department, Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, and assistant county prosecutor. Mr. Holtz is presently an attorney specializing in police administrative matters, the Municipal Prosecutor for several towns in the South Jersey area, and the Executive Director of Holtz Learning Centers, Ltd. He is also a police instructor with the DCJ, Atlantic, Burlington and Cape May County Police Academies, Adjunct Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, and Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey.

     

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