Incident Reporting Writing And Witness Statements
A ten question quiz on incident report writing and witness statements.
- 1.
(True or False) When writing an incident report or witness statement it is OK to use commonly used abbreviations?- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.
(True or False) Your written reports or written statements are admissible in court and can potentially expose Gap Inc. to liability in civil court.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.
What statements should never be in your witness statement or incident report?
- A.
Opinions
- B.
Assumptions
- C.
Theories
- D.
Recommendations
- E.
All of the above
- 4.
How soon should you write your witness statement or incident report after the incident?
- A.
As soon as possible.
- B.
By your next shift.
- C.
When your supervisor asks you to do so.
- D.
Before the end of your shift.
- 5.
With whom may you share your report or statement?
- A.
Your supervisor
- B.
Corporate Operations
- C.
None Gap Inc. employees
- D.
The media
- E.
None of the above
- 6.
Who should write an incident report?
- A.
The business partner involved in the incident
- B.
EMS personnel
- C.
The police
- D.
Your supervisor
- E.
The security team member that witnessed or responded to the incident.
- 7.
If the police, fire department or emergency medical service personnel were involved what information must you get for your report?
- A.
The local number for the fire department
- B.
What time of vehicle they were driving
- C.
The full name badge number of the lead officer
- D.
The fire truck, engine or ambulance vehicle number
- E.
C & D
- 8.
When a business partner is taken away by EMS personnel what is critical piece of information you must collect?
- A.
Their health status.
- B.
Name of the destination hospital.
- C.
Nature of the problem.
- D.
Special medications they may need.
- E.
None of the above.
- 9.
What is the last thing you should do before sending a report?
- A.
Proofread it.
- B.
Ask another security officer or supervisor to read it and look for errors.
- C.
Run spell check again.
- D.
All of the above.
- 10.
How should dates and times be written?
- A.
01/10/69 1900hrs
- B.
01/10/2009 1900hrs
- C.
01/10/2009 7 p.m.
- D.
Jan. 10 2009 1900 hours
- E.
January 10, 2009 at 7 p.m.
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