How to Cite Police Reports in a Legal Citation

Police reports present a bit of tricky situation within legal citation. Bluebook citation does not have a section for police reports. Yet, you can have police reports introduced to the record of a case. This simple fix allows the proper legal citation of police records with ease. You merely need to learn the process.

Instructions

    • 1

      Obtain a copy of the record. The record will have the police report enclosed within it.

    • 2

      Flip through the record. Find the specific page of the police report. Note the page number.

    • 3

      Cite to the record in your legal writing. Within a set of parenthesis, write "R. at " followed by the page number of the police report within the record. This will alert the judge to flip to that page of the record to look at the police report.

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