A security guard needs to write about security report along with performing his or her duty. The Security report is an official memo for a particular guard, security company and the client’s company as well.

In the course of the duty, a security guard encounters thousand of incidents and accidents. That need to pass the factual information to persons who were not present at the actual event that the security guard witnessed.

You should pass the information including your subordinates, co-workers, superiors, police, and insurance companies. Additionally, in the court hearing, you may require pass information to private investigators, defense lawyers, and the Crown prosecutor. Therefore a security guard must take an observation and record them in clear, concise and logical manner.

The report is a recorded remark in which the facts of the events are included. The report helps to learn other people just about past incidents. A security guard must know the following things regarding the report.

• Reports are a guard’s way of passing on information

• Reports are generally either administrative or operational

• reports are read by many different people

• Reports should have an introduction, what the incident was about, and a belief Summary about the incident at the end.

• A good narrative has an introduction, a body, and a summary

• Use heading what necessary

• Remember the 5 c W’s and ‘H’ when writing a report. They are Who, What, When, Where, Why And How

• Avoid slang and bad language in a report

• The report should be written in the past tense.