Law Enforcement Journal For this assignment, you will read the two ‘scenarios’ provided for your capstone project and then select one scenario and one of t
Law Enforcement Journal For this assignment, you will read the two ‘scenarios’ provided for your capstone project and then select one scenario and one of the provided cities to research. You should imagine that the criminal justice organization described in your selected scenario is located within that city.
You will then conduct research on your selected city to find a current criminal justice issue related to the city. Consider what position you want to hold in the future when researching issues in your chosen city. You may be able to find an issue to address in your capstone project that resembles what you want to do; this will help you showcase the relevant skills you have developed in this program. Whatever issue you select should be highly publicized so that you can use it as the basis of your problem analysis.
Your journal assignment should state your scenario, your city, and your chosen issue. Briefly explain why you made these selections.
Once your issue is selected, you will begin to analyze and identify criminology theories that tie in with the issue you have identified. This journal assignment will provide you with what you need to start working on your final project.
For additional details, please refer to the Module One Journal Guidelines and Rubric. CJ 790 Final Project Scenarios
Cities
Select a city from the following list:
Chicago, IL
Detroit, MI
Memphis, TN
Oakland, CA
St. Louis, MO
Scenario A: Law Enforcement
You are in a leadership position in a fictitious organization located in the city you selected. The Wokefield Police Department is the fictitious police
department in your selected city. This police department has been thriving for a long time, but due to the recent rise in scrutiny of the police,
morale among employees has dropped. The drop in morale has led to numerous issues in the department. The Wokefield Police Department has
196 officers, and its jurisdiction spans 22 square miles. The Wokefield Police Department receives funding from the city and is allotted an annual
budget of $40 million. The department typically accumulates an additional $1.5 million from grants and forfeitures from the previous fiscal year, for
a total budget of $41.5 million. The bulk of the budget is spent in two main areas: employee benefits and salaries. Employee benefits account for
$15 million of the annual budget, whereas salaries and wages account for $20 million of the annual budget.
The department has currently maximized its spending because of a lack of forfeitures and grants due to a decrease in officer productivity. The
forfeiture revenue dropped $500,000 from the previous fiscal year, and this has left little to no funding for personnel items and benefits such as
new vehicles, department maintenance, and training opportunities for road patrol officers. You are a recently promoted lieutenant within the
Wokefield Police Department. As a lieutenant, your job is to supervise, plan, and coordinate the operations and planning of law enforcement
activities, including the role of watch commander. You will provide a strategic planning proposal to the chief of police that will solve an external
issue occurring in the city while also considering the internal issues occurring within the organization.
The Wokefield Police Department’s mission statement is the following:
To commit to a high level of police services and protection for the citizens of Wokefield through the early detection and reduction of crime,
an organization of concerned professionals will provide realistic services to the surrounding community in a caring, empathetic, and
sensitive manner. The Wokefield Police Department will encourage positivity while protecting life and property within the city of Wokefield.
Scenario B: Corrections
You are in a leadership position in a fictitious organization located in the city you selected. The Wokefield County Jail is the fictitious corrections
department in your selected city. This organization has experienced some shortcomings as a result of the state’s budget restraints in the previous
year. The Wokefield County Jail currently has over 30 full-time vacancies due to insufficient funding for those positions. The Wokefield County Jail is
struggling to maintain the national average (and desired) officer-to-inmate ratio of five correctional officers for every inmate. As a result, the
inherent danger to the existing employees has risen dramatically. Some correctional officers are contemplating leaving the organization due to the
perceived unnecessary risk to their safety. The Wokefield Department of Corrections currently has 120 correctional officers. The annual budget for
the Wokefield County Jail is $28 million. Most of the budget (71%) is spent on two things: inmate services (such as rehabilitation programs) and the
annual salaries of employees. In addition to problem of employee vacancies, the state wants to cut an additional $1 million from the budget in the
upcoming fiscal year.
Due to recent policy changes at the Wokefield Police Department, there has been an increase in the number of arrests made per month. The
number of arrests nearly doubled from the 203 arrests in the previous month. You are a recently promoted regional director within the Wokefield
County Jail. It is your job is to supervise, plan, and coordinate the operations and planning of both inmate and correctional officer activities. You will
provide a strategic planning proposal to the county sheriff to solve an external issue while also considering the internal issues occurring within the
organization.
The Wokefield County Jail’s mission statement is the following:
To create and maintain a county jail that is secure and safe for both inmates and staff, and that meets or surpasses all governmental
requirements and standard operating procedures, the Wokefield County Jail will also provide opportunities for inmates to improve their
lives and deal with personal issues.
CJ 790 Module One Journal Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: In this course, there are three journal assignments. Journal assignments in this course are private between you and the instructor.
Prompt: For this assignment, you will read the two scenarios provided for your capstone project and then select one scenario and one of the
provided cities to research. You should imagine that the criminal justice organization described in your selected scenario is located within that
city.
You will then conduct research on your selected city to find a current criminal justice issue related to the city. Consider what position you want
to hold in the future when researching issues in your chosen city. You may be able to find an issue to address in your capstone project that
resembles what you want to do; this will help you showcase the relevant skills you have developed in this program. Whatever issue you select
should be highly publicized so that you can use it as the basis of your problem analysis.
Your journal assignment should state your scenario, your city, and your chosen issue. Briefly explain why you made these selections.
Note: Please see the feedback provided by your instructor and then, if necessary, resubmit your topic selection. It is important to apply
instructor feedback to this assignment, which will provide you with the information you need to start working on your final project.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch
margins. Your journal assignment should be one to two paragraphs in length.
Critical Elements
Scenario
City
Issue
Articulation of
Response
Proficient (100%)
Identifies the selected scenario and includes
an accurate and detailed explanation of the
relevance of the scenario
Identifies the selected city and includes an
accurate and detailed explanation of the
relevance of the city
Identifies the selected issue and includes an
accurate and detailed explanation of the
relevance of the issue
Submission is mostly free of errors of
organization and grammar; existing errors are
marginal and rarely interrupt the flow
Not Evident (0%)
Does not identify the scenario
Value
30
Does not identify the city
30
Does not identify the issue
30
Submission contains errors of organization
and grammar that make the submission
difficult to understand
Total
10
100%
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