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This manual offers guidelines for writing at all levels of law enforcement. It teaches and give practice using guidelines for producing professional reports that reflect positively on the writer. It is designed to be equally effective for individual study by working law enforcement officers or for course work by police science students. It presents the general features of law enforcement reports and the steps in producing them. Also covered are principles of clear writing, grammar, spelling and punctuation. Although the manual focuses on investigative reports, the principles of effective writing apply to any written work.