Instructions No directly quoted material may be used in this project paper

Instructions

No directly quoted material may be used in this project paper.

Resources should be summarized or paraphrased with appropriate in-text and Resource page citations.

Final Project: Case Study: Police Department Consent Decree/Agreement

Case Study: Police Department Consent Decree/Agreement

You are assigned to the Research and Development Unit of the Virtual Police Department. The Unit Director asked you to prepare a presentation for the Chief on U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) consent decrees and agreements. It seems one of the Chief's close professional colleagues is now subject to such an agreement. The Chief wants to be sure he has done everything possible to avoid finding the Virtual Police Department in a similar predicament. The format of the presentation is quite simple. Using a selected city that is currently under (or recently been under) a DOJ consent decree/agreement as reference, provide the Chief with direction on how to avoid being subject to DOJ oversight. 

Review the document, "Addressing Police Misconduct Laws Enforced by the Department of Justice

https://www.justice.gov/crt/addressing-police-misconduct-laws-enforced-department-justice

Subject case study police department:

The Baltimore (Maryland) Police Department https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reaches-agreement-city-baltimore-reform-police-department-s

Briefly describe the situation(s) and/or event(s) that led up to DOJ oversight in the form of a consent decree/agreement (no more than 20% of the paper)

Briefly outline the provisions of the consent decree/agreement. What actions is the department required to take? What changes is the department required to make?(no more than 20% of the paper)

Connect the provisions of the consent decree/agreement to the initiating causes. 

Describe in detail what the Virtual Police Department needs to do in order to avoid following in the footsteps of the subject police department or otherwise find itself subject to DOJ oversight in he form of a consent decree/agreement (no less than 40% of the paper)

Formatting requirements: Your report should include:

a cover page with your name, project title, course, and date submitted

an introductory section that explains the purpose of the paper

the body of the paper, which addresses four (4) elements outlined in Assignments

a minimum of seven (7 narrative pages, not including cover page and references page and submit to the assignments folder.

The composition may be a combination of outline and narrative with outline statements separated by no more than double spacing, 12 pt. font, and 1 inch margins.

A minimum of three (3) outside sources not directly connected to the consent decree/agreement of the selected subject police department

Resources, including course materials, must be cited both in the narrative  and on a separate Resources page, using APA citation rules.

Each item listed on the Resources page must also be cited at least once in the narrative to show where in the narrative the item was applied.