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Patrol Officer Checklist For Report Writing Templates
Patrol Officer Checklist For Report Writing Templates
Below is a non-comprehensive list of possible LLM templates for police report writing for patrol
officers:
MURDER
RAPE
SELF-INITIATED ARREST
How did you become aware of the incident? Was it on-view or were you dispatched? If
viewed, what were you doing?
Document details of information given by radio. (Suspect description, location, etc.)
Document exactly what you observed on arrival/on-view. Include suspect
activity/description, etc. which gave you reasonable cause for detention (or PC for arrest)
Document that you made a detention to investigate based on reasonable suspicion.
Document reasons for cursory search for weapons, i.e., time of day, alone, high
crime/drug area, bulky clothing, flight-plus, hands concealed in jacket, not obeying
commands, outnumbered, etc.
Describe cursory search techniques if applicable to locating weapon or plain feel doctrine
– drugs.
If you felt a possible weapon, describe why it felt like a weapon and what kind of
weapon.
Document your recovery of the weapon.
If you felt contraband, document how you knew it was contraband (training, experiences,
etc.) Remember you must have probable cause (the contraband) to arrest suspect before
recovering the contraband during the search (arrested in your mind) or plain feel doctrine.
Document arrest and subsequent search.
Document admonishment of suspect and results. If the suspect gives a statement,
summarize it in your report.
ROBBERY
BURGLARY
STOLEN VEHICLE
The checklists above are potential templates that can be established and used while pairing with
LLMS and a Chat GPT type program – one hopefully integrated with an established RMS.