Phase 1 Individual Project

Reminder: Initial Discussion Board posts due by Wednesday, responses due by Sunday

Students will be expected to post their first initial discussion board posting by Wednesday of each week. Discussion posts will be graded and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

Students are expected to post their responses to peers by Sunday. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

This is a terrific time to meet your fellow classmates, to learn a little bit about them, and for them to learn about you. Please introduce yourself in the Introductory Discussion Board, which can be accessed via the Discussion Board link to the left. If you are not sure how to get started, begin by discussing your background and why you are in school. Also, feel free to mention your proudest accomplishments, and offer advice to others. Say something unique or fun about yourself!

You also may upload a picture, by clicking “Post File” when you respond to the Discussion Board. JPEG images work well, but it will accept other formats, too.

Get started today. For purposes of your attendance, please post your introduction into this discussion by Wednesday.

You are encouraged to participate in this thread throughout the term.

Reminder: Initial Discussion Board posts due by Wednesday, responses due by Sunday

Students will be expected to post their first initial discussion board posting by Wednesday of each week. Discussion posts will be graded and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

Students are expected to post their responses to peers by Sunday. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

You are a captain in a large metropolitan police district. Your chief has called you to a meeting to discuss strategies to deal with the large number of citizen complaints that he has been receiving regarding numerous fights, loud noise, and street racing that has been occurring in your zone. In addition, the business owners have complained about the large amount of vandalism that has caused thousands of dollars of damage to their buildings.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

• In your meeting, how will you respond to your chief’s concerns? Explain.
  • How do you feel the chief will react? Why?
• What role do you think community policing will have in addressing the chief’s concerns? Explain.
• What role will problem-oriented policing have in addressing the chief’s concerns? Explain.
• Explain how you would use the S.A.R.A. process (scanning, analysis, response, and assessment) to address the chief’s concerns? Explain.
  • Do you think this method would be effective? Why or why not?

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Course Materials

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

As a newly promoted sergeant, you are assigned to the patrol division working the midnight shift. You have been with the department for more than 7 years, so you pretty much know everybody assigned to your shift. You pride yourself on your ability to work with anybody and can see yourself relating to them on their own level, and in fact, they often refer to you by your first name. As a result of your efforts, your shift has the highest number of arrests, clearances, and traffic citations. However, your shift also has the highest number of complaints filed by citizens, which you attribute to good police work. Upon returning from vacation, you are called into your captain’s office and presented with a number of use of forcecomplaints filed against your shift while you were gone. You try to explain that it shows that your officers are only doing their job through aggressive policing.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 500–750 words:
  • What are some of the problems that you may be experiencing as a new supervisor? Explain.
  • As the chief, what advice would you give to address the situation? How would your advice help alleviate the situation? Explain in detail.
  • What corrective action must you take immediately with your team of officers? Why?
  • How would the action taken impact the shift team? Explain
    • What could be the short-term implications? Explain.
    • What could be the long-term implications? Explain.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Course Materials

• A Brief History of Law Enforcement 
  This Web site provides a history of Law Enforcement.
  To access this article go to the link provided and in the search box type in “A Brief History of Law Enforcement”, click on the first link.

• Assessments 
  Ageless Learner provides a learning style manual self-assessment from Marcia L. Conner that can be printed to score. Visual, auditory, and tactile and kinesthetic learning styles are covered. Learning Styles Assessment is at the top of the list on this page.

• Center for Problem Oriented Policing 
  Center for Problem Oriented Policing site with many links to POP including: Problem-specific, Response, Problem-Solving Tools Guides.

• COPS 
  Government sponsor for community policing

• How Your Learning Style Affects Your Use of Mnemonics. 
  This explanation of how the different learners use their learning style to remember content focuses on visual learners, auditory learners, and kinesthetic learners. Click “Memory Improvement” in top-right navigation for memory aids.

• Origins of the Metropolitan Police 
  This Web site reviews the creation of the metropolitan police.

• The Vark Questionnaire: How Do I Learn Best? 
  When the learner completes this brief test, the assessment provides scores for each learning style and preferred style of the learner: visual, aural, reading and writing, and kinesthetic. This Web site provides bulleted lists per preferred learning style describing how to absorb information, how to study, and how to perform well on a test.