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Okay, lets start from the top here.

Victim statements, if you're on response unless it's a murder / rape / report for the coroner or something similarly serious you're unlikely to mess things up so badly that it goes out the window. Try your best, so long as the basics are covered then there's nothing wrong with coming back later to get a further-to statement should something important have been missed (obviously you would prefer not to waste time on it but it's not going to be a mark against you should it happen).

To help with statements buy an A4 clipboard folder like this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clipboard-Conference-Foldover-Portfolio-Organiser/dp/B01MEBQ37R

I personally still use the cheaper cardboard based ones but they taken a battering and I just replace them when they wear out. However, the fancy ones do come across more professional and formal when you take statements with the advantage that whatever you pull out of them make victims step back and go 'wow, this officer is really serious they're getting everything out to do this properly'.

In the folder put the following things

• Blank MG11 forms
  
• A couple of other regularly used forms like S17, dash books etc so you have some handy spares.
  
• Chuck in some spare pens
  
• A few police aware stickers (trust me when you need one you need one and I always forget to replace them)
  
• Any other useful paperwork you can thing of that might help.
  
  The next part is some work on your part, open MS Word and create an aide-memoire for statement writing;
  
  
• 5 part plan steps
  
• 5WH
  
• Write out some descriptive information for people (describe hair, skin colour, height, build)
  
• Do the same for vehicles (big car, little car, colour, where did you see logos, boxy/aerodynamic)
  
• Do the same for guns / knives (lenght of blade, length of the whole knife, what did the material look like on the handle etc)
  
• Add in any other useful information that you feel would help you along.
  
• Don't forget a reminder to include points about how a victim felt and points to prove
  
• Make sure you include separate ones for seize exhibits and exhibiting those exhibits
  
  Print it out with some reasonable sized tick boxes for each item. Lay it out in a way you feel would work best for your style of statement writing and best aid you to writing them.
  
  Laminate this (there's always a laminator hanging around in the office somewhere).
  
  When you go to jobs, get the cheat sheet out and tick stuff off as you go or after you've got to a certain point in the statement. As it's laminated you can easily then wipe it clear after you've finished before the next job but you'll be able to tick off and ensure you have a statement to capture everything.
  
  To help further, you should be able to produce a point to prove on 2 sides of A4 for the key offences you might find yourself taking statements for. Laminate one of these and you can easily sneak it at the back of your clipboard to lift up the paper in front and quickly check points to prove and remind yourself of what you've done so far and what you still have to cover.
  
  Half the time it's the doing things under pressure that makes you forget stuff. There's no doubt that you know it, just that under pressure to do a good job your mind rushes to big issues and forgets the little details.
  
  Edit: Thank you to the kind stranger that provided gold for this comment. Though if I am honest, I'd rather people donate to COPS or one of the various just giving appeals for officers and their families who have had their lives irreversibly changed by recent events.

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