How does a Daily Activity Log (DAL) differ from an incident report?

Explanation

The Daily Activity Log (DAL) is the routine shift chronicle: time of post-up, patrol times and routes, checkpoint visits, visitor sign-ins, deliveries, key issues, general observations, and shift handoff notes. The incident report is triggered by a specific notable event and contains a detailed narrative with Five W's + H, statements, evidence, and follow-up. Both are important: DALs establish baseline activity and can corroborate timelines for later incidents; incident reports are the deep documentation for specific events. Attorneys do not write DALs (c); incident reports cover civil, medical, and safety events too, not just criminal (a).