If I don’t have time to write the report, I can just report it verbally.

Incident reports are essential because they are more reliable than verbal reports. They provide a permanent record of events, can be tracked, and will also be used to advise management of an event that has created damage or loss of property, or will develop the potential for liability. Source: “Report Writing” on guardtexas.net, 2015 Photo by Flex Point Security on Unsplash