FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Report Shield is an AI-assisted report review platform built specifically for law enforcement officers. It analyzes your written arrest reports and narratives for objectivity, probable cause strength, defense vulnerabilities, grammar, and legal sufficiency — before you submit them to your approving supervisor. It also includes a Miranda documentation checker and standalone tools for traffic citation lookup, statute research, case law and constitutional amendment lookup, DUI analysis, and court preparation.

Report Shield is restricted to active, sworn law enforcement personnel only. It is designed for patrol officers, detectives, and deputies who write arrest reports and want a professional review before submission. Users who are not active law enforcement will be investigated and their access revoked without refund. It is currently focused on Illinois law enforcement with full ILCS statute integration.

No. Report Shield is a tool to help officers prepare stronger reports before submitting to their supervisor. It does not replace the judgment of a supervising officer, a prosecutor, or legal counsel. All output is advisory only. You are always the final reviewer and approver of your own reports.

No. Nothing produced by Report Shield constitutes legal advice. Charge recommendations are reference suggestions only and must be verified against current Illinois Compiled Statutes. For legal questions specific to your case, consult a licensed attorney or your agency's legal counsel.

No. This is a core design principle. Report text submitted for analysis is processed in real time and never written to any database, log, or file. When your session ends, your report content is permanently gone. We do not and cannot retrieve it.

No. The CJIS Security Policy governs systems that access, transmit, store, or process Criminal Justice Information (CJI) from sources like NCIC, LEADS, and criminal history databases. Report Shield does not connect to or receive data from any of those systems — it processes only officer-authored narrative text. Because no CJI ever enters the platform, the CJIS Security Policy does not apply. You must still not submit data from NCIC, LEADS, or any criminal justice database — Report Shield is for what you personally observed, heard, and documented.

We collect your email address, full name, agency, and badge number for account management. We collect subscription status for access control. We do not store report content in any Report Shield database. See our full Privacy Policy for complete details including infrastructure and AI provider log handling.

Report text is processed by Anthropic's Claude AI model via their API. Anthropic retains API logs for up to 7 days for abuse detection and platform stability — they do not use this data to train models. Report Shield does not intentionally log report content on our own servers. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

No, and here is why. The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy applies specifically to systems that access, transmit, store, or process Criminal Justice Information (CJI). CJI is defined as data originating from federal and state systems such as NCIC, LEADS, criminal history repositories, and similar law enforcement databases.

Report Shield does not connect to, query, or receive data from any of those systems. There is no integration with NCIC, LEADS, or any state or federal criminal record database. Officers submit only their own written narratives — words they authored — for AI-assisted review. Because no CJI ever enters the platform, the CJIS Security Policy does not apply.

What this means for you: You should not submit NCIC query results, LEADS returns, criminal history records, or any data pulled directly from a law enforcement database into Report Shield. That type of data is not what this tool is designed for, and submitting it could violate your agency's own data policies. Report Shield is designed for officer-authored narrative text only.

Yes. All accounts require multi-factor authentication (MFA). Sessions automatically expire after 60 minutes of inactivity. All data is transmitted over HTTPS. Content Security Policy headers protect against common web attacks. Your password is never stored in plain text.

Yes. Report Shield has a dedicated Supplemental mode. When selected, charge recommendations are disabled since those are already established in the original report. All other analysis — objectivity, defense vulnerabilities, legal review, and the professional rewrite — still runs.

Yes. Select Use of Force from the Incident Category dropdown. The analysis checks Graham v. Connor factors, proportionality of force to threat, documentation of subject actions prior to force, de-escalation attempts, injury notation, and force type identification. If body camera footage is available, check the box that appears and the tool will flag it in the report if not already documented. A Use of Force documentation checklist renders alongside the analysis.

Yes. Both have specialized modes. Sexual Assault mode applies trauma-informed analysis and includes a required SA documentation checklist. Domestic Violence mode preserves explicit, legally necessary language — injury descriptions, strangulation documentation, victim and suspect statements — while still correcting grammar and removing officer opinion. Select the appropriate category under Incident Category.

A standalone tool in the sidebar. Describe what you observed on a traffic stop and it identifies every applicable Illinois traffic violation with ILCS citations, fine amounts, offense class, primary vs secondary designation, and mandatory court appearance requirements. No report text needed — it works from field observations.

Type any ILCS statute number or describe a crime in plain English and get a plain-language breakdown of every element the state must prove, the offense class, the penalty range, and a direct link to the statute on ilga.gov. Related statutes are listed as well.

A dedicated tool that evaluates whether your report documents Miranda correctly — advisement, waiver, and invocation. Officers get Miranda documentation wrong more than almost any other element, and a defense attorney will look for it. The checker flags gaps in how the warning and the subject's response are documented in your narrative.

Illinois-specific DUI analysis. It reviews SFST and ARIDE documentation, implied consent under 625 ILCS 5/11-501.1, chemical testing, the probable cause narrative, the transport and booking sequence, and applicable ILCS charges with direct statute links. Built for DUI enforcement specifically, not generic report review.

Search relevant Illinois and federal case law by topic or statute. You get plain-language summaries of key rulings that may apply to your report, your charges, or your enforcement action — so you understand the controlling case law behind what you documented.

Look up constitutional amendment applications relevant to your stop, search, seizure, or arrest. Provides Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment analysis tied to the facts you describe, so you can confirm your actions and documentation hold up to constitutional scrutiny.

A standalone tool where you paste your approved report before testifying. It generates a structured preparation summary — one-line case description, chronology, key facts to know, your critical personal observations, likely cross-examination questions with preparation notes, evidence to review, and cautions about weak areas in the report. The summary is printable.

Your judgment as the officer always takes priority. The AI analysis is a starting point, not a verdict. You are required to review all output before copying or printing anything. The approval checkbox before copying the final report confirms that you have read and verified the content.

No. The professional rewrite corrects grammar, removes subjective language, and improves structure — but it never adds facts, changes facts, or removes facts that support the elements of a crime. If you see a factual discrepancy, do not use that output. Your original account of events is always authoritative.

Charge recommendations are based on the facts in your submitted narrative and Illinois Compiled Statutes. They are reference suggestions only. Always verify any charge against current ILCS language before submission. Statutes are subject to amendment and the AI may not reflect the most recent changes.

Monthly is $20/month — billed monthly, cancel anytime. 6-Month is $110 paid upfront, saving $10 versus paying month to month and ideal for uniform allowance periods. Both web plans include all features with no per-report charges or feature tiers, and both include the mobile app when it launches. A separate Mobile-Only plan at $10/month (app access only) is coming soon for officers who only want the field tools on their phone.

A Report Shield mobile app is coming soon. It brings the field tools to your phone — traffic and statute lookup, an easy-to-read Miranda script, case law and amendment lookup, DUI SFST & ARIDE guides, officer resources, and training. The mobile app is included with the $20/month and $110/6-month web plans at no extra cost. A standalone Mobile-Only plan at $10/month (app access only) will also be available. Pricing and the exact launch date will be confirmed at release.

Click Manage Subscription in the footer of the app. This opens the Stripe customer portal where you can cancel. For monthly subscribers, cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period and you keep access until then. For 6-month subscribers, cancellation stops renewal but your access continues through the full paid period.

Monthly subscribers: Refund requests are handled case by case. Contact support@reportshield.app within 7 days of your charge. We will respond within 2 business days.

6-Month subscribers: The 6-month plan is non-refundable. This policy is disclosed at the time of purchase. Upon cancellation, access continues through the end of the paid period and will not renew.

Your access is revoked at the end of your paid period. Your account record is retained for 30 days in case you want to resubscribe, then deleted. Since Report Shield does not store report content in any Report Shield database, there is no report data to delete on our end.

Sessions automatically expire after 60 minutes of inactivity and you will be logged out. Closing the tab also signs you out immediately. This is a security measure given the sensitive nature of law enforcement report content.

On the sign in page, click Forgot your password? below the Sign In button. Enter your email address and we will send you a reset link. The link expires in 24 hours. Check your spam folder if you do not receive it within a few minutes.