Sample Police Report

The text below is an example of a police report. retrieve the following points astir(predicate) it * It is written in clear, simple English. * Dates, times and opposite details are recorded as precisely as possible. (Find most examples of these. ) * The register (i. e. the level of language) is formal. For example, there are no short forms such as didnt and no colloquial words such as nicked. Similarly, the formal word purchased is used instead of bought. What other examples can you mystify? * The report is impersonal.The writer focusses on the events and the evidence, not on his own thoughts or feelings. Case Number VT 05/04/01/3462 Incident Vehicle Theft Reporting military officer Constable Ranjit Singh Date of Report 05 April 2001 At about 1040 hours on fifth April 2001, I met with Ms. Vanessa Price at 61 South Chorley agitate regarding a vehicle theft. Ms. Price said she parked her car by a parking meter outside Chorley Leisure Centre at about 0945 hours and went into a nearby shop to return a wrong(p) torch she had purchased the previous day.She said that when she returned to the leisure centre at about 1000 hours, she discovered her car was missing. Ms. Price described her car as a maroon, 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse with a black convertible roof. The car enrolment military issue is GTL-682-P. She estimated the value of the car at 8,500 and said there were no distinguishing marks or items. Ms. Price told me she locked the car, however she does not have the keys. She straightway believes she may have left the keys in the boot lock after(prenominal) removing the faulty torch from the boot. Ms.Price said she gave no one permission to get wind her car, and she is up to date with her loan repayments. I conducted a survey of the crime scene but found no items of evidence. I saw no broken glass in the area, and there were no items to retrieve or photograph. I obtained a sworn statement from Ms. Price and provided her with the case number and Informa tion Leaflet 99/07 (What to do when your car is stolen). I entered the vehicle into the station database as a stolen vehicle. I also searched the area but was unable to find the vehicle.