I don't think you need actual copies of the texts for the police reports, but make sure they don't get deleted!! Screen shots are okay, but the actual text is the one that will be considered the real evidence.

For the report, I think you just need to be very objective, just the facts ma'am, kwim? "On June 1, 2014, received a text from phone number xxx-xxx-xxx stating xyz." That kind of thing. I have never filed a report before, so I don't know the process, whether she'll be notified or what. I think the report is just that, it's a report that the police maintain, and you keep a copy of as a legal form of evidence that can be used later on if necessary. You can use the report to file charges or for court.

I've worked in corrections previously, and have had to learn how to document very objectively because everything you document in a prison or jail can possibly show up in a court room and nurses are often issued a subpoena for one thing or another.

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