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Are you a law enforcement officer looking to improve your report-writing skills and produce legally defensible police reports? Look no further than our Bulletproof Report Writing course. Our training program is designed to help officers develop the critical articulation skills necessary to construct detailed and solid statements on encounters.
With the power to articulate, officers will learn how to write reports that discourage filings for motions to suppress evidence, encourage guilty pleas, serve as a roadmap for prosecution, and provide a basis to fully refresh your memory for trial. Enroll in our Bulletproof Report Writing course today and take the first step in mastering the art of report writing
Bulletproof Report Writing is primarily focused on training officers the required articulation skills that will help them construct legally defensible police reports. Officers need to produce detailed and solid statements on encounters that allow prosecutors to charge defendants without asking for follow-up information. The key ingredient is the power to articulate and officers will learn this vital skill.
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Course Introduction
1) Instructor introduction.
2) Explain the course objective.
a) ย Recognize the importance of a carefully worded report and how that conveys in court.
b) ย Illustrate any understanding of articulating events in detail.
c) ย Understand how your report serves as a roadmap for the prosecution.
3) ย Encourage attendees to ask questions and share feedback with other attendees.
4) ย Explain that certificates will be emailed after the class and each student will be registered in the Blue to Gold University.
5) ย Go over the three disclaimers:
Module 1: Preface
1) Description of Course Exercises
2) The Three Golden Rules of Report Writing 3) Course Goals and Objectives:
a) Discourage filing motions to suppress
b) Encourage guilty please
c) Serve as a roadmap for the prosecution
d) Provide for a basis to fully refresh your memory for trial.
4) How are we going to accomplish this?
a) Accurate
b) Truthful
c) Professional
d) Complete
e) Persuasive
5) Whoโs Your Audience?
6) Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
7) Class Exercise: Imagine Youโre Driving a Patrol Car
Module 2: Report Mechanics
1) Do Not Write in ALL CAPS
2) Use Paragraphs
3) Use Topic Headings
4) Bullet Points
5) Exercise One: Patdown Report Writing
6) Identify People by Roles
7) Write in the First Person
8) Exercise Two
9) How to Write Sentences
10) Exercise Three
11) Synopsis
12) Exercise Four
13) Chronology
14) Articulating Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause
15) Exercise Five
16) Summary
17) Exercise Six
18) Report Writing Checklist
19) Prove the Elements
20) Exercise Seven
21) BWC Narration
22) Articulation
23) Reverse Engineer Case Law
24) Looking for Anything Out of the Ordinary
25) Separating People
26) Articulating Conclusions
27) Exercise Eight
28) Exercise Nine
Module Three: Recap
1) Donโt write in all CAPS
2) Use generous paragraph breaks
3) Use topic headings
4) Use bullet points
5) Identify people by roles
6) Write in the first-person style
7) Write short and direct sentences
8) Articulate conclusions
9) Look for evidence hidden in plain sight
Module Four: Courtroom Testimony Pointers
1) Tell the truth
2) Donโt guess
3) Make sure you understand the question
4) Take your time
5) Fully answer, then STOP
6) Never argue and stay calm
7) Talk loud enough
8) Be courteous
9) Donโt look at prosecutor for help
10) ย Make sure jury knows when you estimate space and time
11) ย Admit freely if asked did you discuss case with prosecutor
12) ย State โYes, Iโve talked with the prosecutor and was told to tell the truth.โ
13) ย Avoid jokes and wisecracks
14) ย Donโt be afraid to look the jury in the eye and tell your story
Excellent class
This course changed the way I write report!
Clear and concise, even made things fun with videos. All around excellent job and I believe it will help me throughout my career as a LEO.
This is a great class, not grammar and spelling, but real report writing. Articulation, format, using case law, and more. It is now a staple for my trainees. One day will be set aside their first month on training to take this class.
Very helpful and informative
I really enjoyed the entirety of the course, One idea that may have been valuable to myself and likely others would be to have more practice exercises in rewriting example sentences. Thank you, I feel better prepared to do my job as a law enforcement officer.
The course is helpful.
Very informative class to improve my writing and articulated skills. Love the exercises and the interactive portions of the class!
Very informative and well put together. This class is great for officer's who struggle, or who may need improvement with their report writing.
This was a good training for all experience levels. Good reminders on articulating elements of crimes, and good suggestions on how to write better reports. I would absolutely recommend this training to others. Thank you!
Very interactive and great training. Lots of details to keep in mind when articulating events in a report.
very great course and the things that you are pointing out are amazing
This course made me a better report writer, because it help me to better articulate myself, and to structure my report in a logical manner. I think every officer should be required to take this class.
100% recommended this course
I attended the Bullet Proof Report Writing course in Henderson this week. Having never bought into the bare minimum amount of training per year, I have invested good deal of my free time taking courses over the last 30 years. I found the recent course in Henderson to one , if not the best organized and best presented, I have ever taken. I felt my time was well vested. I look forward to trying out some of the webinars next.
Great courses, great instructor. A lot of good information has been given to me that I will take back with me and apply them in the field. Would definitely recommend blue to gold to any LEO.
The book was filled with knowledge to help and understand the class and further my skills to write. The class was more based on the 4th amendment than being a better report writer.
I enjoyed the class very much. I havenโt been through field training yet, but I feel that this has better prepared me in the one aspect I have been most worried about
The course was very helpful and educational. A lot of good information was presented.
Very in-depth. Good review of case law. The videos were good. 15 minute longer lunch would be nice.
Bulletproof Report Writing: The class was very informative on how to write reports that are concise, persuasive, and easy to follow. The instructor was passionate about the material that he taught and was able to convey the information in a relatable way.
Extremely informative and helpful. I enjoy writing reports and this gave me good details for how to improve.
A really great class !!!
The report writing course helped me understand how to write my reports with more pertinent details and format them to be easier to read.
Bulletproof report writing is a very good class. Wiehn is a very good speaker/instructor
I attended the report writing class. I expected to be bored, but I was surprised by how well put together the class was and how entertaining the instructor made a very dry subject. I highly recommend taking the Bullet-proof Report Writing.
Really good class! Helped me learn how to re-word and structure my report.
Great class and knowledge. Will be looking forward to purchasing additional book materials. Thank you!
The class was really helpful. The instructor has a large variety of materials to explain. I would recommend it to fellow law enforcement officers.
Great knowledge. Amazing instructor. I would definitely suggest this to fellow employees.
Very useful class along with the book. Changes your perspective on writing more detailed reports and avoiding getting caught up by a defense attorney's questions.
This course was great! The instructor was great in explaining everything
It is an amazing course, I learned a lot.
Fantastic class that helps officers understand complex scenarios and proper phrasing that helps articulate facts and reasoning.
The bulletproof report writing course was very informative and some of the best training Iโve had. The instructor was very professional and should get a raise.
Took the Bulletproof Report writing class and it was great, very informative, and a lot of useful information. Will definitely recommend to other officers.
The observation videos were a great way to put instruction into practice. I enjoyed and learned from all three classes and definitely will recommend them to my department.
Report Writing. Amazing presentation! Instructor was well versed and extremely knowledgeable!
The instructor was well-educated in the field of report writing. The observation exercises were great and getting you to pay attention in greater detail. Overall great training to attend.
Report writing. The class was informative, insightful, well-prepared, and rambunctiously taught.
This class was amazing, I was struggling on how to articulate. With this class I have a better understanding on how to articulate what I have seen.
Extremely helpful in reviewing and learning new and better ways to write reports.
Great class that focuses on report writing through correct articulation of facts and supporting case law.
Extremely valuable information, no matter what class you take! A must for all LE who want to progress their on-the-job knowledge!
The material was easy to follow, speaker made the class interesting and relevant to LE
Really good class. Really enjoyed the information and made it easy to understand with the real-life scenarios. Made me think about my articulation and to focus and list all observations made.
I enjoyed all the classes by Blue To Gold so far! The deep dive into how our legal system interprets our actions and how we can better explain our actions is literal gold. The understanding the classes teach leads to a better application of the law and thus a better understanding of it as well. I hope to see more classes from Blue to Gold offered to my agency and fellow officers in Colorado.
Bullet proof report writing. Overall entertaining course making valid arguments. Not only did it teach on how to write reports, but also how to conduct investigations.
Bulletproof report writing class was an excellent class on different examples that law enforcement utilizing 3 Golden Rules of report writing and the use of the acronym N.E.R.D.S.
Bullet Proof Report Writing. Great Class for new officers and Officers with years of experience.
I recently attended a Bulletproof report writing class that exceeded my expectations. The class was not only informative but also engaging and enjoyable. The instructorโs knowledge and ability to keep us engaged was remarkable. His humor added an extra layer of enjoyment to the learning experience. Iโve gained valuable insights and skills that Iโm eager to bring back to my division. Highly recommended!
The way this class was taught and presented needs to be in the academy. This should be required training for Feild Training Officers teaching Officers In Training how to write reports. I had report write explained in so many different ways that I struggled to write clear and concise reports. This class is going to help improve greatly!
Report writing....I think this class had a lot of great information related to report writing. The information was easy to comprehend. I think there was a decent amount of search and seizure topics, maybe some of that can be scaled back. The book is a cherry on top! Thank you!
Bulletproof report writing class went in extreme depth into one of the most important aspects of my job as a deputy
This course allowed me to reflect on previous reports I had written that resulted in undesirable results and the reasons why they were unsuccessful.
I am a dispatcher, but I thought this class was full of good information.. I gained a lot of Information and will be using it on how I write my trainee dailies.. Thank you!!
I just completed report writing and really good presentation and made me more confident writing a report and helped me know what to write and what the prosecutors are looking for. After finishing this class, I realized I left a lot of โmeat off the boneโ on reports and surprised I havenโt been called to court with my lack of detail in my reports. Thank you BLUE TO GOLD
Awesome examples of case law and other officerโs reports that we can learn from
The course was great, I learned what and how to articulate better, which is what I believe some deputies don't know but I will recommend this course!
Great information that will help in future with not only my reports but reading over and teaching my OITs with their reports.
Great course very good information, new academyโs need a day of this course on top of their current report writing course
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