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What If . . . ?

Your agency is located in a mid-sized mid-western city. In cooperation with civic leaders and interested civilians, the agency has identified a growing problem: Absentee landlords renting to college students with few ties to the city have resulted in increasingly dilapidated rentals, many disturbing-the-peace complaints, increased drug use, and an ever-increasing amount of drunk driving. In line with the broken windows theory, city residents are paying less attention to their own behavior and city pride has plummeted. This downward spiral is threatening to involve additional and more violent criminal behavior.

What role can police patrol play in solving these issues?

Using problem-oriented policing strategies and the SARA method, create a hypothetical scan and analysis.

Can drug sniffing K-9 units be of any use? Some residents are calling for K-9 units to patrol streets and sniff out marijuana use in people's homes. Is this constitutional?

What non-traditional city organizations might be of service to your fight?

As you complete your SARA response, try to include a variety of patrol methods and techniques.