Auxiliary Police Written study plan
Auxiliary Police Written · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Written Comprehension and Grammar & Written Expression and Report Writing
Diagnose baseline grammar accuracy by completing a 40-item mixed mechanics and usage set and logging every missed rule by name.
Identify the five sentence-level errors (fragments, run-ons, comma splices, faulty parallelism, misplaced modifiers) and write one corrected example of each.
Build a personal error log with three columns: rule, my wrong version, corrected version.
Read two short police-style incident narratives and underline every subject-verb agreement decision.
Your checkpoint
A one-page error log listing at least 15 named grammar rules with a corrected example for each.
Written Comprehension and Grammar & Written Expression and Report Writing
Apply punctuation rules for commas, semicolons, colons, and apostrophes across 60 practice sentences with 90% accuracy.
Rewrite ten wordy or passive sentences into direct active voice suitable for a report.
Distinguish commonly confused pairs (affect/effect, ensure/insure, principal/principle, then/than) in a 25-item quiz.
Draft a 150-word factual narrative from a bulleted set of facts, keeping chronological order.
Your checkpoint
A 150-word incident narrative written in past tense, active voice, with zero punctuation errors after self-review.
Written Expression and Report Writing & Written Comprehension and Grammar
Structure a report using the sequence: who, what, when, where, how, and actions taken.
Convert a set of raw field notes into a complete report without adding facts not present in the notes.
Eliminate first-person opinion and speculation from three draft paragraphs.
Proofread your own report using a five-point checklist: tense, agreement, punctuation, names, times.
Your checkpoint
Two full one-page reports built from supplied fact sets, each passing the five-point proofreading checklist.
Written Expression and Report Writing & Memorization and Observation
Write a report that accurately transcribes names, dates, times, and license-style alphanumeric strings from a short read-aloud or written source.
Summarize a 300-word narrative into a 75-word report summary that preserves all key facts.
Practice a memorization drill: study a 12-item detail list for 60 seconds, then reproduce it in writing.
Compare your reproduction against the source and categorize each error as omission, substitution, or transposition.
Your checkpoint
A timed memorization-and-write-up exercise scored for detail accuracy, with an error-type tally.
Memorization and Observation & Spatial Orientation and Problem Sensitivity
Reproduce a 15-item observed detail set (person description, vehicle, location) after a 90-second study window with 80% accuracy.
Apply a chunking or association technique and record which method improved your recall most.
Solve ten problem-sensitivity scenarios that require choosing the best action under a stated policy constraint.
Justify each scenario choice in one sentence citing the specific rule that drove the decision.
Your checkpoint
A scored detail-recall sheet plus ten written scenario justifications, each tied to a stated rule.
Spatial Orientation and Problem Sensitivity & Memorization and Observation
Interpret written directions and diagrams to determine relative position, distance, and direction of travel.
Complete 15 spatial-reasoning items (maps, grids, turn sequences) and explain your method for each.
Identify assumptions and missing information in problem scenarios rather than guessing.
Re-test the 15-item detail set from week 5 and compare accuracy to your baseline.
Your checkpoint
A spatial-reasoning worksheet with 15 items, worked reasoning shown, and a before/after recall accuracy comparison.
Written Comprehension and Grammar & Written Expression and Report Writing & Memorization and Observation & Spatial Orientation and Problem Sensitivity
Take a full-length timed mixed practice test covering all four domains and record per-domain scores.
Review every missed item and assign it to a domain and a specific skill gap.
Re-drill your three weakest skills with focused practice until accuracy exceeds 85%.
Rehearse report writing under a 20-minute time limit.
Your checkpoint
A scored full practice test with a domain-by-domain breakdown and a ranked list of your three weakest skills.
Written Comprehension and Grammar & Written Expression and Report Writing & Memorization and Observation & Spatial Orientation and Problem Sensitivity
Retake a full-length timed practice test and compare scores to week 7.
Review your error log and confirm each previously missed rule is now applied correctly.
Simulate exam-day conditions: single sitting, no notes, strict timing.
Finalize a one-page pre-exam review sheet of rules, report structure, and recall techniques.
Your checkpoint
A second full practice test score showing improvement over week 7, plus a completed one-page review sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 85% on a 60-item grammar and punctuation set, with every miss logged by rule name.
Week 4: Produce a complete report from raw notes with no added facts and no errors in names, dates, or times.
Week 6: Reach at least 80% accuracy on the 15-item detail-recall drill and correctly justify 8 of 10 policy-constrained scenarios.
Week 8: Improve the full-length mixed practice test score by at least 10 percentage points over the week 7 attempt, with no domain below 70%.