ABSTRACT
There are more than just physical techniques that keep an officer safe, when it comes to use-of-force situations. The officer being able to deal with the aggression on the street is one thing, but there is the situation of the courtroom and possible charges of police abuse and brutality that officers must realize each time they use force. This is why it is extremely important that officers exercise their writing techniques and improve their report writing, so that the documentation that they present in a report provides a clear picture of what they saw and explains why they reacted as they did. Officers are very good at observing behavior and at being able to respond to it, but they are not always adequate at relating that information so that there is no doubt, as to why they used the force that they did.
