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Report Writing for Professional Security Officers

Table of Contents


 

1     INTRODUCTION  

 

2     REPORT HEADING

        2.1  IDENTIFYING DATA

                                                  A.    Security Officer’s Name

              B.    Date

              C.    Commenced and Discontinued Times

              D.    Relieved/Relieved By

              E.    Client Name

              F.    Address

              G.    Post

        2.2  SHIFT SUMMARY

  

3     REPORT BODY

        3.1  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION SOURCES

        3.2  METHODS OF IDENTIFICATION

              A.    Personal Interviews

                     1.    Interviews of Private Individuals

                     2.    Interviews of Business Persons

                     3.    Interviews of Unidentified Persons

              B.    Telephone Interviews

                     1.    Interviews of Private Individuals

                     2.    Interviews of Business Persons

                     3.    Interviews of Unidentified Persons

                                                              C.    Miscellaneous Reference Sources

                                                                     1.    Reference Books

                     2.    Database Sources

                     3.    Governmental Agencies

                     4.    General Information Sources

              D.    Site Examinations

                     1.    Sites with Street Addresses

                     2.    Sites without Street Addresses

       3.3  HELPFUL HINTS

              A.    Handwritten Reports

                     1.    Use Dictionary

                     2.    Review Edited Reports

              B.    Word-Processed Reports

                     1.    Check Spelling

                     2.    Review Edited Reports

 

4     DESCRIPTIONS

       4.1  DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE

              A.    Sex

              B.    Race or Color

              C.    Age

              D.    Height

              E.    Weight

              F.    Build

              G.    Posture

              H.    Complexion

              I.    Hair

              J.    Eyes

              K.    Peculiarities

              L.    Dress

       4.2  ADVANCED DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE

       4.3  DESCRIPTIONS OF VEHICLES

              A.    Color

              B.    Year

              C.    Make

              D.    Body Style

              E.    And

              F.    License Plate

        4.4  DESCRIPTIONS OF INANIMATE OBJECTS

 

 5     LEXICOLOGICAL SPELLING

 

 6     INFORMANTS

        6.1  REASONS FOR CONFIDENTIALITY

        6.2  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

        6.3  WAYS TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY

  

7     REPORT FORMATS

        7.1  STYLES OF REPORTS

              A.    Narrative

              B.    Chronological

              C.    Form (Pre-printed)

              D.    Specialized

        7.2  TYPES OF REPORTS

              A.    Daily Activity Reports

              B.    Security Incident Reports

 

8     ELEMENTS OF A PROFESSIONAL REPORT

        8.1  ELEMENTS OF A REPORT

              A.    Factual

              B.    Clear

              C.    Complete

              D.    Concise

              E.    Legible

              F.    Simplistic

              G.    Sequential

              H.    Grammatical

       8.2  PROOFREADING

       8.3  THE 5-W's PLUS HOW

              A.    Who?

              B.    What?

              C.    Where?

              D.    When?

              E.    Why?

              F.    How?

       8.4  REPORT FREQUENCY

              A.    Daily Activity Report

              B.    Weekly Reports

              C.    No Report Submission

 

9     CAPITALIZATION       

        9.1  FIRST WORDS

              A.    Sentences

              B.    Expressions Used as Sentences

              C.    Lists or Outlines

        9.2  PERSONAL NAMES

              A.    Prefix "O"

              B.    Other Prefixes

              C.    Confusion Avoidance

        9.3  PROPER NAMES

        9.4  ADJECTIVES DERIVED FROM PROPER NOUNS

                                            9.5  NAMES OF PLACES, GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS,

                                                    AND LOCALES

                                            9.6  RIVERS, LAKES, SEAS, MOUNTAINS, AND

                                                   OCEANS

        9.7  NATIONALITIES, RACES, AND TRIBES

        9.8  NAMES OF LANGUAGES

        9.9  SHIPS, AIRPLANES, AND SPACE VEHICLES

        9.10   FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS

                 A.     Preceding a Person's Name

                 B.     In Place of a Person's Name

        9.11   TITLES

        9.12   KEY WORDS IN LITERARY TITLES

        9.13   PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT

        9.14   "THE" IN LEGAL TITLES

        9.15   THE PRONOUN "I"

        9.16   EPITHETS

        9.17   DEITY

        9.18   MONTHS, DAYS OF THE WEEK, AND HOLIDAYS

        9.19   TRADEMARKS

        9.20   LAWS

        9.21   COURTS

        9.22   GEOLOGIC TERMS

        9.23   ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

        9.24   SHORTENED VERSIONS OF NAMES

        9.25   NAMES OF SEASONS

        9.26   NOUNS FOLLOWED BY LETTERS OR NUMBERS

        9.27   COURSE TITLES, DEGREES, AND GRADES

                 A.     Course Titles

                 B.     Degrees

                 C.     Grades

  

10   PUNCTUATION    

        10.1  APOSTROPHE

                                                                A.      Indicates Possession (either singular or plural)

                B.      Indicates Joint Possession

                C.      Indicates Individual Possession

                                                                D.      Indicates Singular Possession when

                                                                          Used in a Series

                                                                E.       Indicates Omission of Figures in Dates

                                                                F.       Indicates Omission of Letters in

                                                                           Contractions

                G.       Indicates Measurement

                                                                H.       Indicates the Possessive of Compounds

        10.2   BRACKETS

        10.3   PARENTHESIS

                 A.      Encloses Material

                 B.      Encloses Abbreviations

                 C.      Encloses Confirmation of Figures

        10.4   PERIOD

        10.5   QUESTION MARK

                 A.      Indicates the End of a Question

                 B.      Not Used in Indirect Questions

                                                                 C.      Used to Show Doubt, or Uncertainty

       10.6   QUOTATION MARKS

       10.7   COLON

                 A.      Introduces a List

                 B.      Separates Hours and Minutes

                 C.      Introduces an Extended Quotation

       10.8   COMMA

                 A.      Separates Elements

                                                                 B.      Separates Elements of a Date,

                                                                           Address, or Data

                 C.      Sets off Non-restrictive Modifiers

                 D.      Sets off Direct Quotes

                                                                 E.      Used Between Coordinate Adjectives

                 F.      Separates Series of Figures

                 G.      Sets off City, County, State

                                                                 H.      Separates Titles, Degrees, and

                                                                           Generational Identifiers from Surnames

                                                                  I.      Can't Separate Independent Clauses

        10.9     ELLIPSIS

        10.10   HYPHEN

                  A.     Carries over Words

                  B.     Joins Compound Numbers

                  C.     Joins Prefixes

                  D .    Substitutes for "To"

                                                                  E.     Joins Elements of Some Compounds

        10.11   VIRGULE

                   A.    Represents "Per"

                   B.    Represents "Or"

                   C.    Separates Successive Divisions

        10.12   NUMERALS

                                                                   A.    Dates, Measures, Hours, and Addresses

                   B.    Numbers Under 100

                   C.    Mixed Numbers

                   D.    Beginning of Sentences

                   E.    Casual Usage

                   F.    Ordinals

                            1.    Text

                            2.    Business Addresses

                            3.    Corporate Names

                   G.     Decimal Fractions

       10.13   Italicizing and Underlining

      

11   CONCLUDING THE REPORT

 

12   NOTES

       12.1   REASONS FOR TAKING NOTES

       12.2   GUIDELINES FOR TAKING NOTES

                 A.     Clearly Written

                 B.     Complete

                 C.     Concise

                 D.     Accurate

                 E.     Exact Quotes

                 F.     Slang, Profanity

                 G.     Avoidance of Insignificant Material

                 H.     Absence of Opinions

       12.3   NOTE-TAKING SYSTEMS

                 A.     Pocket-sized Notebook

                 B.     Loose-leaf Notebook

                 C.     Legal Pad

                 D.     Tape Recorder

      12.4   NOTE-TAKING FORMAT

                 A.     Accuracy

                 B.     Correct Spelling

                 C.     Legibility

                 D.     Fresh Paper

                 E.     Time and Place Notation

                 F.     Verbatim Comments

                 G.     Note All Information

       12.5   HELPFUL COMMENTS

 

13   HELPFUL HINTS

       13.1   IMPORTANCE OF REPORT PROFESSIONALISM

       13.2   UNCLEAR MEANINGS

       13.3   SPELLING

       13.4   COMMONLY MISSPELLED WORDS

       13.5   SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT WORDS

       13.6   SUPERFLUOUS WORDS

       13.7   WRITER'S TIPS

                 A.     Keep Sentences Short

                 B.     Prefer the Simple

                 C.     Develop a Vocabulary

                 D.     Avoid Extra Words

                 E.     Use Concrete Words

                 F.     Write to Express, Not to Impress

       13.8    COPYING ERRORS

       13.9     PROOFREADING SECURITY REPORTS

       13.10   AVOID HUMOR

  

14   SAMPLE  REPORT

 

 

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