The project is centered on the creation of an eight (8) unit, task force and a strategic action plan to address an increase in violent crime (homicide, sexual assault and robbery). There have been some indications of gang and drug related connections to the violence which has been the subject of public, political and community demand for action.

1. Identifying 6 and only 6 departmental units that will be included in some manner on the task force from the Virtual Police Department Table of Organization chart. (See Virtual Police Table of Organization.)

NOTE, There are 2 organization charts in Course Content. You are to use the one labeled Virtual Police Table of Organization.)

Note: All of Patrol (Commanders A, B and C, Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, COPs and Patrol Officers) is 1 single unit. ALSO: Selection of a “Commander” (e.g., Special Operations Commander) as a Unit includes the official and their immediate office staff. It does not include each of the subordinate units.

2. For each of the 6 units selected from within the Virtual PD the student will be asked to
1.Identify the unit and briefly describe its typical operational/administrative role and regular duties in a law enforcement agency
2.Explain why the unit was chosen for this task force, what role it will play on the task force
3.Explain how it will interact with other selected task force units.

If more than 6 units in the Virtual Police Department have a potential role on this task force, the student must select the 6 units having the most impact and/or being most useful in achieving the reduction in violent crime goal.

3. Additionally, the student will identify 4 units in the Virtual Police Departmental units that will NOT be part of the task force. For each of these units not selected, the student will be asked to
1.Identify the unit and briefly describe its typical operational/administrative role and regular duties in a law enforcement agency
2.Explain why it was NOT chosen for this task force.

4. To complete the 8 unit task force, the student will also identify 2 non-departmental units from the criminal justice system that should be included in some manner on the task force
1.Identify the unit and briefly describe its typical operational/administrative role and regular duties in the criminal justice system
2.Explain why the unit was chosen for this task force, what role it will play on the task force
3.Explain how it will interact with other selected task force units.

Again, the goal of this project is to give the student an opportunity to determine, analyze and assess the role of various police department units and their relationship to other units.