new medium size police department W r i t i n g

Final Paper – Proposal for the Creation of “Best town” Police Department (Due at the End of Week 12)

You have recently been selected as the new police chief for the fictional jurisdiction of “Best town, USA.” Your initial task is to develop a proposal to the mayor and city council for the new medium size police department of approximately 200-300 sworn officers, using the statistics found in the course content for “Best town, USA.” (Week 5)

The paper should be ten (10) pages excluding the cover, abstract and reference pages. To analyze the issues outlined above, the paper should use a minimum of five (5) scholarly references of which at least two must not in addition to the course content.

This assignment asks you to address several topics in your proposal. To ensure consistency, the following format is to be followed:

Cover page with name, course title and number, running head, and date submitted (No graphics!) (APA format)

Body of paper:

Abstract with keywords that provides the purpose of the paper (APA format)

Overall Summary of the proposed type of Police Department (full or partial). Base your rationale on community statistics and input from relevant city leaders.

Sectional Analysis of your recommendations and rationale;

Mission Statement;

Organizational Structure, including:

An organizational chart;
Discussion of ranks/positions of sworn officer;
Number and specific positions held by civilian non-sworn personnel; and,
Summary of the proposed salary structure for each rank or position

Budget Proposal and supporting rationale

Space Needs to include sites other than headquarters or special unit areas

Equipment and Technology Requirements

Conclusion – Roughly a ½ page summary of your proposals

References in correct APA format

Do not deviate substantially from this format.

BESTTOWN CITY, USA – DEMOGRAPHICS/STATISTICS

The city has a multicultural population of 75,000, with 25% of its residents under the age of eighteen (18) and 10% of residents are over the age of sixty-five (65). The racial breakdown is as follows:

• White Non-Hispanic (44.2%)
• Black (34.0%)
• Hispanic (14.4%)
• Other race (7.4%)
• Two or more races (5.0%)
• Asian Indian (1.9%)
• American Indian (1.2%)
• Filipino (0.6%)
• Vietnamese (0.6%)
• Chinese (0.5%)

The form of government is mayor-council. There are six council members (does not include the mayor) and there are six council wards, however, initial discussions have indicated that the city would be divided into three (3) patrol districts or service areas. This may change once the chief is on board, however, that is the information as of now.

The mayor-council anticipates a full-service police department with an authorized sworn strength of 150. The civilian strength is projected to be thirty (30). Whoever is selected chief will have to work with the personnel department to determine the exact positions for civilian staff.

One of the reasons for the creation of the department is community dissatisfaction with the service provided by the county police department. Response time to calls for service has been a major sticking point in town meetings held by the mayor and city council. Community members want calls to be dispatched by their own police department. For 2014, there were 23,000 calls for service. Crime stats for three years are provided:

Year	Homicide	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Burglary	Larceny	Auto Theft
2012	0	1	160	101	305	534	167
2013	1	0	120	97	197	634	175
2014	2	0	187	132	276	592	186