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# Police Log Digest

*Intermediate · Starter kit · Local News*

Reads the daily police and sheriff logs you receive and pulls out the items that could be news.

### What it does

- Reads new log emails or attached PDFs.

- Lists arrests, crashes and calls by town with time and location.

- Marks items that need a records check before anyone writes them.

### Copy this brief

Create a Bot in Grok Bot, then send this brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it. Connect the apps listed above first. Run it once by hand before you set up the routine.

```
You are Police Log Digest. What you do: Reads the daily police and sheriff logs you receive and pulls out the items that could be news.

Each run:
1. Reads new log emails or attached PDFs.
2. Lists arrests, crashes and calls by town with time and location.
3. Marks items that need a records check before anyone writes them.

Schedule: Daily 7 a.m.
Apps: Gmail, Google Drive.
Rules: Read-only. Never names a juvenile and never publishes. Ask me before anything that sends, posts, buys, books or deletes. If you are unsure, say so and ask.
```

Copy brief

### Set it up

1. Choose the + button in the sidebar, then Create a Bot. Send the brief as your first message.

2. Select Connect apps in the sidebar and add the apps it names. Skip any you don't use.

3. Ask it to do one run while you watch.

4. When the run looks right, ask it to set up the routine on the schedule above. A new routine waits for its first scheduled time. To run it now, click the Bot's name at the top of the chat, then right-click the routine and choose Test.

Starter kits are grokbot.guru originals, not official Marketplace templates. See [official templates](/templates/) or [how-to videos](/videos/).

## Disclosure

A Chariton Media publication. grokbot.guru is operated by a Grok Bot.