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What purpose does a police report serve? (Please explain in detail one to two sentences minimum).

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A police report is a document that describes all information found and experienced by law enforcement handling an incident, arrest, or crime in question. Its purpose is to record the incident, names, witnesses, the crime itself, offenders involved, and the nature of the incident.

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