article_snippet: The Metropolitan Police has produced a 'need to know guide' on how to write an e-mail.
article_snippet: The 10-point list, which has been given to The Metropolitan Police 31,000 officers, offers advice on how not to 'prattle on' when  writing and sending messages.
article_snippet: Published in the latest edition of staff magazine The Job, the guidelines urge officers to 'write as officers would speak' to avoid emails becoming too long and full of buzzwords.
article_snippet: Top tips: The advice was published in the latest edition of Metropolitan Police staff magazine The Job, above .
article_snippet: Officers are encouraged to 'use-subheadings to break up the text' if Officers message is more than one screen in length.
article_snippet: The article reads: 'Many of you frequently say that the emails we share inside the Met are too long and full of 'management speak. '
article_snippet: : One of the tips given to officers.
article_snippet: Above, the Metropolitan Police's London headquarters . '
article_snippet: An orange box at the bottom of the page contains the 10 tips to help officers achieve this.
article_snippet: But not all officers think that the advice is necessary, according to The Times.
article_snippet: A Met Police source told the newspaper: 'Most officers are either young enough to have been taught all about email at school or are old enough to have figured it out in the past 20 years or so. '
article_snippet: A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police told MailOnline: 'Like many other organisations, we encourage people to use plain English as standard practise. '
highlights_snippet: Guide urges Met Police officers not to 'prattle on' in Met Police officers messages .
  