Hello all,

As an avid roleplayer (and i'm sure i'm not the only one), I often wonder about how to enhance my LSPDFR experience, and I've decided to experiment with writing reports. Does anyone have any samples of police paperwork (incident reports and whatnot) so that i can find out what information i need to collect? I might also turn this into a larger project, if there is community interest, like having a central reporting system up on the web where other players can also send up their reports, which then are displayed in a "Police Blotter Format", maybe even with a crime map.

Hell, maybe we even find a way of injecting this into LSPDFR (I now i'm aiming way up high now) so that we can somehow sync the information on the peds and on the database. For instance, say a player stopped a guy in sandy shores, but he took off. You submit the report to the site and resume your patrol. Then the next day someone stops him in Los Santos and the police computer tells the guy he has a warrant out in Blaine County for obstruction by fleeing. Would be great wouldn't it?

Actually, as a matter of fact, I think I will do this, even if at first the "warrants" don't show up on the police computer itself.

Anyone has any thoughts on the idea or source material i can use to base this off of?

Oh crap, now I'm picturing this whole web based dispatch system... halp

This would be so awesome!

I'd love a feature implemented like this. I remember someone recommending that when you fire your weapon, you are locked out of duty for a few in-game days. LOL, not sure how much I want that, but this is a great idea.

I don't think this is something not only I, but 90% of the community would want.

Check on amazon for police notebooks.  They have a couple good examples of what you need to record.

The fastest and cheapest way I have found is a simple 4 x 6 cheap flip notepad.  date, time, location, incident notes, names, dob, descriptions, vehicle description and plates.  etc.  and a final summary of what you did and saw.

Check your local police departments online report lookup, some of them might be digital as in typed in while in the police car.

 

Or check out this to give you an idea of what to look for:

http://online.akronohio.gov/apdonline/reportlookup/EULA.aspx?referrer=ReportLookup (group of reports/last 30 days/all locations) then just click on any random report on the results page.

Thanks a lot for the sources!

I don't think this is something not only I, but 90% of the community would want.

YAY! I can finally agree with Lundy on some things XD also great work on your Polara's even though I'm not a fan of the old time myself XD

also great work on your Polara's even though I'm not a fan of the old time myself XD

It's the only way to go. 

I'm going on ride along on Tuesday with the Los Angeles Sheriff Department, I'll ask about what all they have to report & how they do it. I think this is a super-b idea, especially implementing it into LSPDFR. I definitely want to see this becoming a thing.

From my last ride along though, the deputy used a recorder and described every little detail that went on and then later wrote it all down in a little notepad. I didn't get to see the actual report he did in the office though. I'll see about getting more information this time and then write it up on here.

Report writing sucks. Even just basic statements...

 

I can't believe people would want to roleplay that lol.

I don't think this is something not only I, but 90% of the community would want.

I would have to agree with Lund on this too. Coming from a field that also requires a lot of documentation and paperwork, why anyone would want to do this in their free time is beyond me, but hey, to each his own.

Edited September 11, 201510 yr by MildredRatchedRN