Criminal Justice Report
CJ150 Criminal Justice Report Writing
Week 2 Assignment 1
Commonly Used What Agency Why each report is used
Reports Uses this report
Incident Report The Police Officer, any An Incident report is used for many things. It can be
Law Enforcement used for accident injuries., workplace incidents, and
Agency. loss or damage. This report is used in law enforcement
agency to record details that has happened and to give
the valuable information that is needed. All general
information that like name, time, witness’s treatment
etc. is in an incident report. Any agency can use an
incident report.
Accident Report The Police Officer An Accident report is for documenting an accident that
happen either from auto or injury. This report gives
descriptive detail to what happen in the accident that
had taken place. This report is important because it
can be used to give information for auto/ health
insurance and workman compensation cases.
Search Warrant The Police Officers, A Search Warrant is issued by authority to authorize
Detectives, US the police to search for evidence without the consent
Marshall, and the of the other person. Search warrant is required under
courts can obtain a the 4th amendment. Only the judges and magistrates
search warrant. can give a search warrant. When giving out a warrant
there are things to consider.
Order of Probation The Probation and An Order of Probation is an order that states you must
Parole agency uses keep the peace, keep up your behavior, report any
these report as well as changes to your living situation, make sure that you
the courts. come to court. Some probation orders have other
conditions, for example reporting to your probation
officer weekly or even having to do a drug test
monthly based off your charges. If any of these orders
are violated, you can go back to jail to finish your time.