Identify the unit and briefly describe its typical operational/administrative role and regular duties in a law enforcement agency.

Project 1: Departmental Project: Strategic Plan
Project Assignment:
As a member of the Virtual Police Department’s
Administrative Services Unit you have been called into a meeting with your
supervisor, several other police commanders, and the Chief of the Virtual
Police Department. This is what you are told by the head of the Criminal
Intelligence Unit.
Several jurisdictions in the vicinity of Virtual have
experiences “Flash Robs”. These are groups of teenagers and young adults, both
men and women, who descend on a commercial store and, on a given signal, grab
as much merchandise as they can carry and flee the store in mass. The size of
the group and the quickness of their action made apprehension almost impossible
for the overwhelmed store employees. Targeted stores range from sporting goods
outlets, and electronic shops, to pharmacies and liquor stores. There is some
evidence that the mob is organized by codes using social media. The
Virtual Small Business Association is petitioning the Mayor for a plan to
ensure these mobs to not attack the downtown business area. They are insisting
on more police presence (particularly during peak business hours) and
closer cooperation between the police and their own private security.

The Chief has decided to form a 8-unit task
force. This operation will be a collaborative effort involving both
the Virtual Police Department and other appropriate “partner” agencies within
the criminal justice system. The Administrative Services Unit will
draw up the proposal for the Chief to take to the Mayor. Your supervisor
gives this assignment to you.
Identifying 6 and only 6 departmental units
that will be included in some manner on the task force from the Virtual Police
Department Table of Organization chart. (See Virtual Police Table of
Organization.)
NOTE: All of Patrol (Commanders
A, B and C, Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, COPs and Patrol
Officers) is 1 single unit. If patrol is selected as part of
the task force the requirements in #2 below must be completed.
ALSO: Selection of a
“Commander” (e.g., Special Operations Commander) as a Unit
includes the official and their immediate office staff. It does
not include each of the subordinate units.
2. For each of the 6 units selected from within the
Virtual PD you are asked to:
a) Identify the unit and briefly describe its typical
operational/administrative role and regular duties in a law enforcement agency

b) Explain why the unit was chosen for this task force, what role it will
play on the task force
If more than 6 units in the Virtual Police Department
have a potential role on this task force, you must select the 6 units
having the most impact and/or being most useful in achieving the reduction in
violent crime goal.
3. Additionally, you will identify 4 units in the
Virtual Police Departmental units that will NOT be part of the task force. For
each of these units not selected, you are asked to:
a) Identify the unit and briefly describe its typical
operational/administrative role and regular duties in a law enforcement agency
b) Explain why it was NOT chosen for this task
force.
4. To complete the 8 unit task force, you
will also identify 2 non-departmental units from the criminal justice
system that should be included in some manner on the task force
a) Identify the unit and briefly describe its typical
operational/administrative role and regular duties in the criminal justice
system
b) Explain why the unit was chosen for this task
force, what role it will play on the task force
In order to present a convincing argument and
demonstrate the depth of your research you must include supportive outside
resources. You must acknowledge the outside resources (or course
materials) using appropriate American Psychological Association (APA) citation
format.
Again, the goal of this project is to
give you an opportunity to determine, analyze and assess the role of
various police department units, their relationship to other units, and how
their skills can be applied to counter criminal activity. Therefore, each unit
you discuss, must be supported by an appropriate reference, in APA format.
Format Requirements
Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1”
margins all around.
All APA 7th edition format requirements must be
followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page).
You must have resources to support your
thoughts/opinions/information. These must be cited both in text as well
as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes,
sourced material must be paraphrased.

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