Grammarly or anything similar to proofread/help with grammar and sentence clarity on more complicated/lengthy reports.
Question for you guys. I've been on the job for going on 3 years now. I always type my own reports, but I like to make sure there are no errors, so I normally plug any lengthy or sophisticated narrative portion of my report into an AI spell checker to have it proofread/spellcheck it. Recently I read something that apparently using those online spell checkers/grammar checkers is technically a CJIS violation because the site is using your words and storing them for data.
After I read this, I've been thinking about it and wondering whether I should stop using any online spellchecker/proofreader completely. Or what do other officers use? Or what resources help with spell checking/proofing? I've heard of many officers using Grammarly but didn't know if this is technically still a violation of CJIS.
I'm at a small agency (10 officers total) and we do not have a specific policy stating we cannot use spellcheckers/proofreaders, but we have the obvious CJIS compliance policy.
I've never been talked to about it in the past or questioned on if I've used anything in court or by my supervisors but I also don't wanna create a future issue or get jammed up. At the end of the day, I just want my reports to be completely error-free and everything to sound smooth and clear, and that's where I feel like the spell checking/proofing helps tremendously!
Any input is appreciated!
Thanks