Resources should generally be summarized or paraphrased with
appropriate in-text and Resource page citations.
Project 2 – Research Paper
Background:
You are employed on the staff of the Association for
Municipal Cities – a “think-tank” organization of researchers who take on
projects for various mayors and city managers. You specialize in research on
the organization and operation of the police department. The League’s latest
client is the City of Virtual.
The Virtual City Police Department was created 63 years ago.
The department has emerged as one of the primary policing agencies in the
state. It has become a modern police department with 155 sworn officers. There
are 70 civilian employees appointed to positions ranging from clerical support
to correctional officers to crime scene technicians. The department is
considered “medium” size in the spectrum of police departments across the
country. (The organizational chart is the same as the chart for Project 1.)
You are informed that the Mayor is aware of some members of
the City Council who are keenly interested in purchasing and deploying
surveillance drones. These unmanned aircraft would be equipped with cameras
which would feed real-time images to an intelligence center in the Virtual
Police Department headquarters. While the drones would spend most of their
“flight time” on patterned patrol, they could also be dispatched to
support calls for service, locate suspects, track fleeing vehicles and
otherwise serve in a response mode in support of “first responder”
police units. The Mayor is also aware
that there is opposition from other members of the City council who may
acknowledge some benefits to the surveillance drones, but who will challenge
her on the cost, potential for Constitutional-based privacy violations, etc. A
significant number of councilpersons feel the money could be better spent on
more sworn personnel and civilian technicians.
The Mayor has asked the League to prepare a literature-research position
paper for her on moving forward with this proposal (or not) based on the pros
and cons uncovered in your research. She may ultimately use this objective
research document as part of her portfolio on the appropriate use of technology
in support of public safety.
Assignment:
As a member of the staff of the Association for Municipal
Cities, you have been assigned to prepare a research paper for the Mayor of
Virtual City on the purchase of the surveillance drones and initiation this
support unit. She has asked that you
present both the pros and cons as objectively as possible. Your personal
recommendation is not part of this research report.
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
Five (5) FULL narrative pages, +/- a half-page, (not
including cover page and references page) separated by no more than double
spacing, 12 pt. font, and 1 inch margins.
The composition may be a combination of outline and
narrative with outline statements and submit to the assignment folder.
At least 4 external sources; 2 supporting police use of
surveillance drones and 2 against them.
External sources should come from the UMUC Library data base
materials or other peer-review publications such as professional journals,
peer-review articles, etc. Because these materials are more creditable, they
will receive higher point consideration. Internet-based articles, news reports,
etc. are also acceptable but may receive lower project point scores.
Wikipedia is never an external resource. However, the
footnoted material in Wikipedia may lead you to the original source document
which may be acceptable as a creditable external source.
Resources, including course materials, must be cited both in
the narrative where appropriate and on a separate references page, using
American Psychological Association (APA) citation rules.
At the instructor’s discretion, this project may be
submitted to Turnitin or other service for verification of originality
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