Criminal Justice Report Writing

IDENTIFYING REPORT WRITING TRENDS

SCENARIO

The Chief liked your professional development seminar and summary so much that you have now been asked to assist the department on another project. You will be giving a “lunch-and-learn” seminar for your department next week. You have been asked to give a brief presentation on current and projected trends in criminal justice report writing.

INSTRUCTIONS

Submit a written one-page summary of the trends you have researched:

• Here are some links to current articles on emerging technologies in law enforcement and report writing. Feel free to use any of these or any other articles or sources that you find through your own research.
  • How Safe Is Your City?
  • Report: As Tech Changes Law Enforcement, Its Workforce Must Adapt.
  • What New Technology Has To Do With Criminal Justice.
• Explain why you feel the technology or trend you have selected is important as it relates to current technology.
• Describe what impact you think it will have on how criminal justice reports will be handled in the future.