CJA 230 Police Report Writing
Course is designed to teach students police report writing skills. Emphasized are techniques appropriate to narrative structures necessary for operational police reports. Included are legal aspects, content, organization, and grammar. The focus is to produce a quality police report capable of withstanding courtroom scrutiny.
Prerequisite: WR 227, CJA 210, and CJA 212.
Addendum: Students will learn how to document an investigation in a manner communicating concise and factual information. Covered throughout the course are techniques and procedures for gathering information at certain stages during an investigation and documenting it in a logical and understandable format.