Instruction
This assignment has two parts
Part I: Early Warning Systems Research Paper
Research and history have taught us that identifying “problem” police officers early on alerts the police department of the problem and enables them to intervene and change this type of behavior. This cuts down on citizen complaints, lawsuits, etc., and helps weed out problem police officers before it is too late. Many departments describe these programs as early warning systems.
In a 5 page paper using APA format, provide the following information:
1. Approximately how many departments currently have such a system?
a. What is the average size of these departments?
2. Choose one or two large police departments that have such a system (maybe in your local area).
a. Describe the history of that system (when it went into effect, was it difficult to enact, etc.).
3. Attempt to contact an official from the department and ask about its success and/or failures.
4. How do these systems work? Be as specific as possible.
a. How are problem officers identified and monitored?
b. Is there an intervention process? If so, briefly explain.
5. How are officers disciplined?
6. Provide any suggestions you may have for changing the system in one of the departments you selected. What would you do to make it more beneficial in identifying problem police officers?
Part II: Ethics Training
This part of the project requires you to prepare an ethics training program for a company, a police department, probation department, corrections department, etc. Take your pick. You should prepare this as if you are the company/department ethics official and are supervising this training. You can provide this training in a PowerPoint format (6-8 slides) or outline format (no more than 2 pages in length). This is a link to an article in Police Chief Magazine from April 2014, entitled “Ethics Training for Police (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.”. ( http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/ethics-training-for-police/?ref=f1e1d5b883037f62eeb8069282aaaa5a )
You will address:
1. what are your goals (what do you hope to achieve with this training);
2. provide several examples of what will be taught during the training; and
3. approximately how long (how many hours) will this training entail? In your paper or PowerPoint, please provide at least two (2) scenarios (not seen in this course) that you will use to bring home points to those attending the training.