Assignment Instructions
The community-police partnership is vital to the success of the criminal justice system in preventing and investigating crime. As a crime prevention specialist, your work with the community is vital to preventing and investigating crime.
Assessment Deliverable
Write a 525- to 700-word speech from the perspective of a police agency representative in which you introduce a new community partnership initiative to the public. The speech will be given in a town hall public forum in your city. The initiative will address a crime-related issue or concern in your community.
Incorporate content you have learned from the Week 1 and Week 2 textbook readings.
Include these points in your speech in the order that follows:
- Introduction: Introduce yourself by stating a fictitious name and other preliminary information.
- Professional Responsibilities: Identify a philosophy of law enforcement. Explain the basic purpose and function of law enforcement in society. Briefly describe the goals and desired outcomes of community policing.
- Community Issue: Describe an issue or concern your community is facing and its impact. Note: Consider using the issue you identified in this week’s discussion.
- Community-Partnership: Summarize the duties of law enforcement to support communities. Describe 1-2 strategies the agency is using or will use to partner with the community to address the issue. Include details to explain how the strategies you described will address the issue.
- How will law enforcement ensure transparency and communication?
- Will law enforcement leverage public programs to combat the issue?
- Conclusion/Call to Action: Identify an action the citizens in your community can take to join law enforcement’s efforts to address the issue.
- How can community members contribute to or participate in addressing the issue?
- How can community members provide suggestions or make complaints about the community partnership process?
- Should community members serve in an advisory role to law enforcement? Why or why not?
Cite at least 2 sources in addition to the textbook.
Format citations according to APA guidelines.