Posted on Oct 17, 2020
Can I be forced to write a statement of a situation/event I witnessed?
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Good afternoon everyone. I have a situation that I am in. I did nothing wrong but was in a leadership meeting and my 1sg and OPS NCO got into a argument and now my 1sg wants me to write down what was said. I'm about to be in medical retirement and how I see it was 2 people who have some type of issue with each other. But I dont know if I am force to write this statement especially since it was on a blank piece of paper and my 1sg was the one collecting them. And we are a reverse unit so should i contact JAG or IG. If anyone has any advice that will be helpful please let me know thank you
Senior NCO
JAG
Investigation
Posted 4 y ago
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You can write the statement, or if it escalates, the Investigating Officer can write it for you when they interview you.
In my opinion there is never a reason for an NCO - the standard bearers of integrity and candor - to refuse to provide documentation that is factual and objective regarding an event they witnessed.
In my opinion there is never a reason for an NCO - the standard bearers of integrity and candor - to refuse to provide documentation that is factual and objective regarding an event they witnessed.
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It is not an issue for you. The Statement is for documentation of evidence per your point of view. JAG and IG won't be much help, to be honest. All you have to worry about is writing the statement then moving forward with whatever else you need to take care of. Don't sweat it.
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SGT (Join to see) Write it, only what you remember, no inferences, no conclusions, no thoughts, feelings, embellishments or omissions. Do not pin yourself to a perfect cote of words used unless your positive those words were spoken verbatim ...So "As I remember it" "To the best of my recollection" "I believe what was said was" If you personally and first hand observed someone poke someone in the chest with an index finger, write that...if you only heard someone say don't poke me in the chest with your finger write that. Ect etc..
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