MPT 206 - Report Writing and Case Preparation

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

Municipal Police Training

Description:

This course is designed to teach and demonstrate evaluation techniques for accurately recording an incident report. The course enables students to identify the characteristics essential to a good report as well as check for completeness and accuracy. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Apply techniques of listening and one-on-one communication; Apply rules to prepare police officers as witnesses; Illustrate written reports and note-taking skills; Demonstrate public communication as a police officer through prepared speeches, testimony, and extemporaneous talks; Perform proper procedures of notification to a victims family of death or injury; Specify communication techniques for emergency notification; Identify characteristics as essential to a good report; Define the purpose of the law of evidence.

Credits:

2.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

New students should complete Placement Testing prior to registration; Visiting students may submit college transcript

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.dccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 359-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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