Book details

  • Genre:education
  • Sub-genre:Higher
  • Language:English
  • Pages:250
  • eBook ISBN:9781940803005

Report Writing for Police Officers (2nd ed.)

By Wayne Davis

Overview

This book is designed for criminal justice instructors. This book requires the instructors to help students work through the various police reports. The reports are intentionally left incomplete and they require students to work through them. Some reports seem to ask confusing questions and may lead to unreliable responses. This is to be used as a learning lesson: responses that are not reliable create reporting statistics that are not valid. Managers need to improve the forms in order to obtain valid data.
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Description

This book is designed for criminal justice instructors. This book requires the instructors to help students work through the various police reports. The reports are intentionally left incomplete and they require students to work through them. Some reports seem to ask confusing questions and may lead to unreliable responses. This is to be used as a learning lesson: responses that are not reliable create reporting statistics that are not valid. Managers need to improve the forms in order to obtain valid data. This book first discusses communication theory and how it applies to police officers and prosecutors in the courtroom. Information presented in the courtroom by police officers has a significant impact upon the jurors. Indeed, police officers communicate both verbally and nonverbally in the courtroom and this affects their credibility on the stand. Furthermore, by employing persuasion theories, prosecutors can align the officers’ testimonies to the jurors’ particular communication preference. Second, this book discusses truth as it relates to probable cause and beyond a reasonable doubt. Finally, because report writing is a significant part of police work, this book presents a variety of police forms that will engage students in written communication.
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About The Author

Wayne L. Davis, Ph.D. Wayne L. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, a Master of Science in Business Administration from Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition, Dr. Davis has earned a helicopter pilot license, an advanced open water scuba diver certification, a technician plus amateur radio license (N8ZFG), and a basic emergency medical technician certificate from the State of Michigan. Dr. Davis has graduated from three different law enforcement academies (city, state, and federal): Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan, the Indiana Law Enforcement Law Academy, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. He has over 20 years of law enforcement experience with city, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. While working at Ford Motor Company as a product design engineer, Dr. Davis was the engineer directly responsible for introducing the electronic engine control module into the pleasure boat industry. This included writing a product specification manual and performing test-to-failure statistical research. As a result, he was nominated for the Ford Motor Company Electronics Division Worldwide Leadership Excellence Award. Subsequently, this led to his research paper called, A study of factors affecting a supply decision by the Ford Motor Company international division for original equipment. Dr. Davis has received numerous awards and publications. Dr. Davis has received the U.S. Customs & Border Protection Commissioner’s Award, the U.S. Customs & Border Protection Scholastic Award, and he was appointed to a field-training officer by the Indiana State Police. In addition, Dr. Davis has conducted an exploratory research study called, A correlational study of childhood religiosity, childhood sport participation, and sport-learned aggression among African American female athletes. Subsequently, Dr. Davis has published several textbooks, which include a) Critical Thinking: Totality of Circumstances, b) Police-Community Relations: Different Lenses & Perception of Truth, c) Interviewing, Interrogation, and Communication for Law Enforcement, and d) Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Risk Assessment through Research Proposal. Recently, Dr. Davis has invented a criminal justice educational tool for which he has filed a patent. In addition, he has served as the Academic Coordinator for the Criminal Justice and Human Services Programs at Aiken Technical College in Aiken, SC. With the support of local law enforcement agencies, Dr. Davis has created an application-based criminal justice program that meets the needs of the local community.
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