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Practical importance of investigative reports (5 minutes)
Characteristics of an effective final report (6 minutes)
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7 tips for improving your spelling and grammar (6 minutes)
Example of a report that needs work
Introduction to Principles of Report Writing
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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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NIJ Writing Style Guide
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4.9 /5
(164)

  • 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

  • Michelle
    (5)
    Useful information

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

  • Justin
    (5)
    Practical Report Weighting comprehensive

    Very thorough

  • 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.

  • Nicole
    (5)
    Death investigation academy

    practical report writing

  • Timothy
    (5)
    Awesome course

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

  • 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

  • Kirby
    (5)
    Practical report writing

  • Ron
    (5)
    very informative

    good reminder

  • Alma
    (5)
    informative good information

    good class

  • Chelsea
    (5)
    report writing

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

  • Geoffrey
    (5)
    Good information

    concise.

  • 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.

  • Jacqueline
    (5)
    AWESOME!

    THANK YOU! GREAT INFO!

  • David
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Very helpful, especially the included PDF's

  • Jody
    (5)
    Common sense

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

  • 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

  • Isabella
    (5)
    Great Course

    Awesome introduction to the basics. Easy to follow and understand!

  • Stacey
    (5)
    Title was appropriate for content.

    Very informative.

  • Chad
    (4)
    Informative

    Informative

  • Chad
    (5)
    Great

    Great

  • 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.

  • LYNNET
    (5)
    Excellent

    Great information. I highly recommend this course to those interested.

  • Chad
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Good class, I have been writing reports for years as a Law Enforcement Officer. For the most part, the class was review, but did take not of when to use abbreviations, and numbers.

  • Dave
    (5)
    Very good

    Very good

  • Michelle
    (5)
    Great info!

    I learned so much!

  • Joseph
    (5)
    Report Writing

    As noted in the module, really needs to be a separate course. Oh, and the NIJ has published a newer edition of their style guide.

  • Corey
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Great Coarse

  • Jansen
    (5)
    Very Good Course

    This was a well organized course and highly recommended to all Investigators.

  • Troy
    (5)
    Great Job

    Good and practical class!

  • Linda
    (5)
    report

    excellent

  • Jane
    (5)
    Report Writing

    Very well organized and informational. We can use these tips and techniques to improve the quality of our reporting.

  • Russell
    (4)
    good

  • Bryant
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Excellent course. I can see some mistakes I have been making for many years.

  • Kaylee
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    This course was very informative and easy to follow.

  • Nelson
    (5)
    Very interesting

    this will make me a better report writer

  • Flint
    (5)
    Simple and straight forward

    Is it understand and straight to the point.

  • Trente
    (5)
    Report Writing

    Excellent presentation, easy and clear to understand

  • Edgar
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Great information.

  • Larry
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Even though I have been through many police report writing classes over my 31 year acreer, it's always good to review. Nicely put together course.

  • Todd
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    Very knowledge, Class laid out well and very understandable.

  • Sarah
    (5)
    Report Writing-Feedback from a SANE

    I am a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE). I am in this course to learn how to perform post-mortem SA/DV/IPV exams. This is was an informative course, I already do report writing, but from the aspect of a SANE. This was helpful for knowing how to write a report if I was to ever go to a scene. It was police heavy, but still informative.

  • mark
    (5)
    AWESOME

    Loved this course, also loved the ability to get the power points of the course so that I could make notes on it and reference it in the future. Keep up the great work!!

  • RaNeva
    (5)
    Very good course

    Very informative course. Helpful guidance on organizing and format of report writing.

  • Anthony
    (5)
    Excellent title. Concise!

    This is a great course for continuing education or beginning a career in LE.

  • Norah
    (5)
    Very informative!

    Helpful and simple to navigate through.

  • Regina
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing was very informative.

    The testing was helpful and useful.

  • Jennifer
    (5)
    Report writing review

    I learned that it is essential for a case to have a good report written. This course made me capture the picture on how many people will be reading the report that I write and how the report becomes the key for a decision also how important is to write it factual, clear and concise.

  • Chris
    (5)
    Practical Report Writing

    very informative

  • CAITLIN
    (5)
    Excellent information

    Report writing for death investigation is different from the way I am accustomed to writing as an APRN. This course was very helpful in pointing out these differences and what I need to focus on.

  • Gloria
    (5)
    practical report writing

    great course,

  • Lisa
    (5)
    interesting

  • sandra
    (5)
    VERY GOOD

    VERY GOOD

  • Jereme
    (4)
    Good Course

  • Paul
    (4)
    Good course if you are new to report writing or its been a while

    I enjoyed the course. I have been out of Coroner work for 5 years. The course was helpful in helping me remember how to write good reports

  • Michel
    (4)
    Good

  • Danny
    (5)
    practical report writing

  • Wendy
    (5)
    Excellent approach to report writing.

    The lecture and downloadable materials are very helpful!

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