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Practical importance of investigative reports (5 minutes)
Characteristics of an effective final report (6 minutes)
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Field Notes (8minutes)
7 tips for improving your spelling and grammar (6 minutes)
Example of a report that needs work
Introduction to Principles of Report Writing
Final report pretest
Principles of Investigative Report Writing Part 1 (14 minutes)
Principles of Investigative Report Writing Part 2 (13 minutes)
Report Writing in Death Cases
How to write organized and concise reports
Quiz: Principles of Investigative Report Writing
Common Mistakes Seen in Police Reports
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4.9 /5
(166)

  • Harrison
    (5)
    DIA Does it Again

    This is my 3rd or 4th training OP through DIA and it was another well organized training.

  • Heraldo
    (5)
    Informative

    Exceptional

  • Dan
    (5)
    good

    good

  • scotty
    (5)
    practical report writing

  • Ian
    (5)
    Exellent!!

    Thank you for this lesson.

  • shelton
    (5)
    Death Investigation Academy

    I think this class was very helpful!!!!

  • Tracey
    (5)
    Great

    Excellent

  • Jeramiah
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

  • George
    (5)
    Very informative

    Very well presented. Alot of information

  • Danielle
    (5)
    great

  • Jay
    (5)
    Excellent information!

  • Dan
    (5)
    ok

    ok

  • GLENN
    (5)
    Report Writing

    Darren made the instruction on report writing interesting and engaging.

  • Chris
    (5)
    Great educational video.

  • Edward
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Good review.

  • Roy
    (5)
    Proper

    Very helpful.

  • Esteban
    (5)
    A definite need!

    Excellent

  • Marshall
    (5)
    Good

    Good

  • Tiffany
    (4)

  • Brenda
    (4)
    Very helpful

    Thank you for putting everything in an easy-to-follow format to go by in our investigations. I gave 4 stars because I couldn't rewind the videos when I missed something. I had to pause a lot because I am a note taker

  • Darrell
    (5)
    the information was practical

    There was good information to increase the quality of my reports

  • Paul
    (5)
    educational

    Enjoyed this class, it provided helpful information.

  • Derik
    (5)
    practical report writing

    very good information

  • Blanca
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    This is a very informative course. Great details and clear to understand.

  • Brian
    (5)
    Appropriate for the content provided.

    This was a good presentation and reminder for how to effectively write a good report.

  • Colter
    (5)
    Colter Felton

    This course was informative and included great support texts!

  • Brandy
    (5)
    Practical report writing

    Very useful information

  • Ricky
    (5)
    Vey informative information..

    100%

  • Barb
    (5)
    good refresher

    Very good presentation and reminder to keep writing simple and clear.

  • John
    (5)
    Information Packed Course

    Concise introduction and overview with extensive examples and multiple references for improving report writing. Many of the principles in this course apply to surgical pathology report writing, so I found this to be a nice review for myself.

  • Steven
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Very informative and easy to follow

  • Peter
    (5)
    very good

  • Johnny
    (5)
    Very descriptive.

    Very informative.

  • Jacqueline
    (5)
    Great Course!

    Loved this course! Great review of how to write a report!

  • Joan
    (5)
    good title

    excellent class

  • Wesley
    (5)
    Good

    Good

  • Amanda
    (4)
    Completed - Practical Report Writing

    Good information however some of the PDF files were repetitive to what was taught through video.

  • Amy
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Helpful. Keep it simple, factual and chronological.

  • Yusseile
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

  • Alma
    (5)
    informative good information

    good class

  • Geoffrey
    (5)
    Good information

    concise.

  • Jacqueline
    (5)
    AWESOME!

    THANK YOU! GREAT INFO!

  • David
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Very helpful, especially the included PDF's

  • Shenton
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Useful content. Useful reading materials for new investigators. They are practical.

  • John
    (5)
    report wrighting

    very good class

  • kasey
    (5)
    practical report writing

    Great! I can always use a "English 101" refresher

  • William
    (5)
    Investigative reports

    good , concise review

  • Dominick
    (5)
    practical report writing

    very good course thanks you

  • Vincent
    (5)
    Adequate

    Excellent

  • Monica
    (5)
    Importance of Report Writing

    I truly enjoyed this part of report writing very informative. Information very helpfull

  • Chris
    (4)
    Practical Report Writing

  • Matthew
    (4)
    Good content and presentation.

    Excellent references!

  • Lisa
    (5)
    interesting

  • Kayla
    (5)
    Very informative

    Gave great tips on taking reports and detailed explanation of why reports are so imperative to the case.

  • Ayden
    (5)
    Forensic Investigator Funk

    I learned a lot.

  • Keith
    (4)
    Practical Report Writing.

    Overall a good course, very helpful for the new investigator and a good review for the seasoned one.

  • Larry
    (5)
    Introductory Video

    In every course I've taken, there is an option to skip the Introductory Video. I have not been able to skip this video. How do I do this?

  • MADISEN
    (5)
    Incredibly thorough!

  • David
    (5)
    Death Investigation report writing

    A well done training for the person involved in death investigation. It was a great guide along with being highly practical and useful.

  • Justin
    (5)
    Practical Report Weighting comprehensive

    Very thorough

  • Timothy
    (5)
    Awesome course

    I feel this course will be beneficial in writing better reports.

  • Chelsea
    (5)
    report writing

    Helpful. I just ordered more books on the topic online.

  • Jon
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    The Practical Report Writing has good review materials

  • John
    (5)
    My opinion

    The handouts and downloads are worth their weight in gold. Thank you for including these resources.

  • Jody
    (5)
    Common sense

    Most was common sense but several good how much to think on

  • Michelle
    (5)
    Useful information

    I will be able to use this information to help my students become better report writers.

  • Nicole
    (5)
    Death investigation academy

    practical report writing

  • Kirby
    (5)
    Practical report writing

  • Ron
    (5)
    very informative

    good reminder

  • Terry
    (5)
    very fitting

    Very Informative

  • Kyle
    (5)
    Informative

    As a new MDI, I found that this course provided a comprehensive overview of investigative report writing.

  • Rubette
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Detailed report writing training.

  • Anthony
    (5)
    First Course

    My first course here. Very easy to do and what i needed.

  • Joseph
    (5)
    a lot of important critical topics

  • Peter
    (5)
    Great Content

    It brought to our attention the common mistakes we make daily

  • Tracie
    (5)
    Practical writing

    Great

  • Mitzi
    (5)
    Narrative writing

    This course was outlined well and followed the outline. The course was easy to follow and understand.

  • Lisa
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    i really enjoyed this presentation and picked up quite a few points that will be helpful for me in the future.

  • Paul
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    I was a police academy Report Writing Instructor at a community college before retiring. The information presented here met and exceeded items in my academy syllabus. Great class.

  • Beth Ann
    (5)
    Great information

    Benefits you greatly

  • Patrick
    (4)
    Deputy Coroner

    I found this course to be extremely helpful and beneficial. It provided me with a better concept in how to write reports.

  • Jerome
    (4)
    Appropriate for the content.

    Good, but more completed report examples might be helpful, including for say, death investigation.

  • Tracy
    (5)
    Practical report writing

    very interesting

  • Melanie
    (5)
    Great course

    This course was a really great! It broke down the important parts of report writing. This course was really informational.

  • Jessica
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    I have been writing police reports for many years but I learned a few different style techniques in this course that I am going to try out and hopefully improve my own reports. Thank you!

  • Daisy Rebecca
    (5)
    PRACTICAL REPORT WRITING

    EXAMPLES AND DETAILS WERE HELPFUL

  • Angela
    (5)
    It was a good refresher and brought up things you tend to not pay attention to.

    Easy to understand and follow.

  • Steven
    (5)
    Excellent Course

    I thought the course was presented well and included a lot of great suggestions on how to become a better report writer.

  • Stacey
    (5)
    Title was appropriate for content.

    Very informative.

  • Chad
    (4)
    Informative

    Informative

  • Mark
    (5)
    Practical report writing

    good resources

  • Harry
    (5)
    Very informative

  • Rocky
    (5)
    Was very good

  • Kelsey
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Very informative training provided

  • Shawn
    (5)
    Report Writing

    This course was very insightful and helpful. Looking to take additional courses

  • Stewart
    (5)
    I needed this course because I had been doing a lot of things wrong. Thank you for this most informative course!

    This course was very informative. Thank you.

  • Chad
    (5)
    Great

    Great

  • Laurel
    (5)
    Great course

    examples were helpful

  • Giovanna
    (5)
    Awesome

    I learned things that I'll use when writing.

  • Mike
    (3)
    Deputy Coroner - Investigator

    Was expecting a course more geared towards medicolegal death investigation. This course is very much law enforcement focused. There are some good take aways from this course.

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