https://www.investigativelearning.com/post/how-to-write-a-private-investigator-surveillance-report The reason Private Investigators new to the career can’t write good surveillance Investigator reports is due to the alien nature of an objective report, which is not taught in school. New Private Investigators will have gone through over a decade of schooling, being taught proper writing that is fit for publications. This is not Private Investigator report writing. A proper Private Investigator surveillance report will need to be written with five reporting concepts: objectively reporting, correct witness conformation, conforming language, the use of past/ present tense, and the use of "need to know" information.