Using evidence and statistical data, identify a need for a Criminal Intelligence Unit or real time crime center for a police department. Create a proposal that includes how to design, fund, establish, and staff it. Why is this unit needed? Show a graph of the data to support the need! What are the goals for this unit (be specific)? How will it be funded? How quickly could it be staffed? What types of divisions/departments should be pulled in to assist with this initiative? How will you get their support? This proposal needs to be professionally written. Make sure you use proper APA format.
Read the following as a guide: CJCB 308 Culminating Project
This paper should:
Follow APA format (12-point type, double-spaced)
Provide at least 3 references to support your position (Wikipedia should not be a source).
Contain 3 of the following: Graphs, charts, or visual representations of statistics. (Be sure to provide the data you want the reader to understand in your report and refer them to the graph for a visual depiction of the data)
Length: At least 4 pages (length does not include Title Page and References Page)
Title of Assignment (for title page): Crime Analysis Proposal
Directions for Proposal:
CJCB 308 Crime Analysis Culminating Project
Rubric: (Used to Grade Project)
CJCB 308 Culminating Project Rubric
Use the following headings in your paper and answer the listed questions under each heading.
Overview of Department: Provide a brief overview of the police department and identify needs or gaps.
Tips for writing this section of the paper:
What is your department lacking, equipment, technology, city backing, human resources? Your overview should consist of your department size, identification of specialized units, overall department budget, allotted personnel strength, actual personnel strength, and the number of personnel assigned to each unit, etc. These points should be used as well as any other areas within your department which gives the reader a good overview.
Unit to be proposed/Goals for Unit: What type of unit will you be proposing? A Criminal Intelligence Unit or Real Time Crime Center. Identify the reason for the need regarding functionality, the benefit to a police department, or combating a specific crime. How will the CIU or RTCC change the way the police department functions with both evidence-based and community-based policing principles? Provide data to support your position.
Tips for writing this section of the paper:
Use empirical data from peer-reviewed journal articles to accomplish this goal (Peer reviewed articles are published scholarly research articles proven to be reliable sources. They can be found in the school’s online data base, library/online, and located on sites such as Google Scholar, Wikipedia is not a legitimate source). Read articles about CIU and RTCC and the effects they have had on crime or organizational functions in various cities.
Involvement/ Staffing: What other departments/organizations will need to be included? (Detectives, Specialized Unites, Community Policing, Crime Analyst, Task Force.) How will this be staffed? How will they be utilized?
Tips for writing this section of the paper:
Be specific and articulate your information. How will the data obtained from Crime Analyst be used? Who will it benefit? How will detectives, patrol officers, or management use the data? For each member/position you describe, what are their roles within the proposed unit?
Funding: How will this be funded?
Tips for writing this section of the paper:
Will the funding be through Grants, City Funded, External Stakeholders? Provide an example of funding projections from your budget. What are the expected personnel costs, training costs, software, integration, annual expenditures for upkeep, etc. Use research to gather approximate numbers from other agencies of your size or larger to estimate your budget for this proposal and how you will fund it.
Operational Timeline: How long will it take to be fully operational? Provide steps to implementation.
Tips for writing this section of the paper:
Remember, a project of this magnitude is never immediate. Consider the following areas: identification and hiring of personnel (Number of months it will take to accomplish this goal), integration of software (number of months etc.), Memorandums of Understanding for multijurisdictional teams, City Council approval, equipment acquisition, building or office space, development of Standard Operating Procedures and General Orders (estimated number of months for each category etc.), then explain the total projected time of the project considering all the listed variables and estimated time frames.
Reminders Before Submitting Paper:
Be sure to review the grading rubric before you submit your paper
Be sure to provide sources to support your answers with in-text citations in APA format
Pay attention to grammar and mechanics
Do not submit your past work without permission from your instructor
Look at your Turnitin Score and consider if you need to paraphrase more instead of using so many direct quotes
Make sure you do NOT use AI to assist you in writing your proposal.
You must make 80% or higher on the posttest to pass the course. You have 3 attempts.
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