Originally Posted by
blues
It's pretty funny because I enjoy writing, (generally), and am capable in that arena...but within my first agency which had very strict standards that every report had to follow, I was admonished for not writing reports in "terse, telegraphic language".
When I lateraled to the U.S. Customs Service there were no such rigid rules of format and language. It was like being released from prison early for good behavior.
Just make sure you word your reports in such a way that they will not be at odds with your testimony on the stand. Nothing worse than having your own words used to put the lie to your testimony under oath. Talk about being hoist with one's own petard.