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Private Security Training · Awareness & Conduct

Incident Documentation & Professional Report Writing

Security reports are read by clients, insurers, lawyers and sometimes courts. This programme builds the discipline of factual, complete, timely and legible reporting, including notebooks, statements and digital reporting systems.

Intermediate 6 hours

Learning objectives

  • Separate fact, observation and opinion
  • Write complete, chronological and legible reports
  • Maintain notebooks and contemporaneous records
  • Understand how reports are used by clients and insurers

Course modules

  1. 01Why documentation matters
  2. 02Fact versus opinion
  3. 03Report structure and chronology
  4. 04Notebooks and contemporaneous notes
  5. 05Digital reporting systems and evidence handling
  6. 06Assessed writing practice

Assessment and certification

Assessed incident report against a marking guide.

Certificate of Completion issued on successful assessment.

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