Reference no: EM133803014 , Length: 10 pages

Question 1. This scenario requires you to review the various model IACP policies posted with the exam pertinent to the scenario.

Scenario: You have graduated with your M.A.S. in forensic investigation. You are applying to a large police department as an administrator in their forensic crime support lab. The position requires you to work with investigator to provide crime scene and case support. The selection process requires an in-basket to assess your ability to apply department policies and directives to the job. The in-basket includes several written directives in the form of policies. You are to review the directions and apply the critical aspects to a real scenario.

The forensic investigation scenario is as follows.

You receive a call from Detective Kerr to send a team to a crime scene of a deceased person. You send two crime scene techs to the sense. You receive a call from your two crime scene techs asking for direction. The indicate that Detective Kerr met them in the driveway of a residence and indicated there was a dead body in the house. He explained that he has a weak stomach and did not enter the house. He was called by the patrol officer who located the deceased person when doing a well-being check resulting from a call from a concerned relative from out-of-state. Apparently, the family member had not been able to reach the decedent in a week or two. Detective Kerr sent your crime scene techs in the residence where they found a middle-aged man lying face down with a plastic bag over his head. The body appears to be in a state of decay.

QUESTION: What policies., from those provided, apply to how this case should be handled? Clearly state the applicable policies related to this scenario and how they apply to this case. Your response should be at least two pages

Question 2. Chapter 2 discusses supervision styles (p51-54) with a specific discussion of Engel (2003). What are the styles with advantages and disadvantages of each? What are the challenges today in police supervision and what supervision style, from Engel or contemporary, offers good utility? at least ONE academic peer-reviewed journal article. You may add support from practitioner journals, if you like, but must have an academic source. Your response should be at least two pages.

Question 3. Leadership is critical to all organizations. Leadership in policing is arguably increasingly challenging given the public scrutiny, recruiting and retention issues, and complexity of the job today. Identify, discuss, and apply a leadership theory that you argue can be beneficial to leadership in policing. Specifically answer how your selected theory can impact policing. How would the theory be deployed in policy, training, or other organizational behaviors? You must support you answer with at least TWO academic per-reviewed journal articles. Provide all citations and references. Your response should be at least two pages.

Question 4. Part of strategic analysis is a SWOT analysis. What is a SWOT analysis? Why is it used? Deploy a SWOT strategy to the current state of policing in the US. List at three aspects in each part that is generalizable to policing. You must support you answer with at least TWO academic per-reviewed journal articles. Provide all citations and references.. Your response should be at least two pages.

Question 5: Define strategic planning and how it can be used by a police department. Identify and discuss current or emerging issue that you believe police departments should focus in their strategic plan. What suggestions would you make? You must support you answer with at least ONE academic per-reviewed journal article. Provide all citations and references. Your response should be at least two pages.