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Assignment 2: The Basics Behind Effective Police Operations
Due Week 6 and worth 160 points
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
- Select at least two (2) types of changes (e.g., public and society, law enforcement officers, police bureaucracy, standards community involvement, technology, etc.), and examine how the selected changes have affected police operations, mission and values, or goals and objectives in the 21st century in the United States. Support your response.
- Explain the various lines of communications present within any given local law enforcement agency. Next, determine at least two (2) challenges and concerns that law enforcement might encounter with communication and suggest your strategy to mitigate the challenges. Support your response.
- Examine the importance of police patrol in modern policing.
- Identify at least two (2) quality of life issues (e.g., panhandlers, prostitution, problems associated with bars and clubs, police interaction with individuals who are mentally ill, homeless people and civil disobedience) that permeate modern law enforcement practices. Propose a response to these issues, based on common practices as outlined in the text, and provide your rationale.
- Compare and contrast police reactions as they relate to violence in schools, homes, and workplaces. Provide one (1) example of each to support your response.
- Use at least three (3) quality academic resources as references, such as journal articles, newspapers, magazines, and publications from law enforcement associations. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and similar websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history of law enforcement.
- Compare and contrast the hierarchy of command associated with modern law enforcement agencies.
- Discuss the theoretical undertones of policing strategies (i.e., community policing, patrol patterns).
- Discuss ideological and practical positions and debate controversial issues in policing.
- Use technology and information resources to research advanced issues in law enforcement.
- Write clearly and concisely about advanced issues in law enforcement using proper grammar and mechanics.
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Running head: EFFECTIVE POLICE OPERATIONS
Effective Police Operations
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EFFECTIVE POLICE OPERATIONS
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Effective police operations
Effective police operations are determined by the ability of the law enforcement agencies
to respond to the security needs of the public. The paper below provides an in-depth account of
the influence of technology and police bureaucracy on the mission and goals of law enforcement
agencies. Additionally, the paper will explore the lines of communication used by the law
enforcement agencies and the challenges of these communication channels. The importance of
the police patrols within the modern policing environment will also be explored in addition to the
comparisons of the police reactions to violence at homes and schools.
Technology and police bureaucracy influences
The two major changes within law enforcement that have had a significant influence on
the values, mission, goal and operations of the police in the 21st Century include bureaucracy
and technology. According to Cole, Smith and DeJong (2018) the advances in technology have
drawn mixed blessings in contemporary law enforcement agencies. Social media, for instance,
has had a negative influence on the operations of the officer. The development of application
such as Waze that tracks traffic and the location of police officers provides criminals with the
opportunity needed to evade arrest while limiting the efficiency of random patrols (Schmalleger
et al., 2014). However, social media has also been used in that; it has enabled the police to track
criminal activities as well as understand crime hotspots throughout their jurisdictions helping to
enhance the efficiency of operations and achievement of goals such as the reduction of crime
(Schmalleger et al., 2014). New technologies such as the use of 3D crime screening imaging
have enhanced crime scene investigations...
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