Criminal Justice

SARA Project Paper (Community Policing) 850 Words

Submit your SARA Project Paper here: Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment

Introduction:

For this assignment, you will conduct research on the SARA problem solving process.

Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment.

This assignment fulfills/supports:

Course Outcome One: Applied the stages of problem solving and the SARA model.

General Education Competency One: You will have communicated effectively using the conventions of American Standard English in professional and academic environments.

Specifications:

This paper should contain a minimum of 850 words.

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The Prompt:

You are on the Community Policing (CP)Team at the Fayetteville Technical Community College Police Department (FTCCPD).  There are 50 officers on your department.  The CP team is comprised of one Sergeant (which is you) and four officers.

You have received 4 complaints from the dorm area of the school.  The campus is open to the public. Females are walking in the area and jumping into cars with males.  In one day, some of the residents saw at least 10 strange cars coming in the area picking up girls.  Sometimes, the girls sleep in the parking lot or between dorms and syringes have been found on the ground in several places.  The girls frequently stop residents and ask for money.

Residents are concerned about the strange cars, the illegal drugs. The residents are not sure if the girls are students of FTCC.

Write a paper including a minimum of 850 words.

Include a discussion of what SARA is.

S– Scanning: Complete a summary of the complaints.

A– Analysis: What will you do to analyze the problem? What records will you check? Who will you talk to? What data will you check etc… For the maximum points in this area, you must list at least 5 things you will do to analyze the problem.

R– Response: What will your response be? What strategies will you use to solve the problem.  Make sure to list the pros and cons for each response that you do.  For the maximum points in this area, you should have at least 5 responses.

A– Assessment: This is usually to assess what you did and determine if you were able to alleviate the problem.  Instead, assess how you think it will impact the problem.

This paper should be in APA format.  You can open the link on the tab (to the left) to learn more about APA. There is also a template that includes a properly formatted paper including a title page, discussion pages and a reference page.  You do not need to complete a abstract page.

When writing a paper, you should have an Introduction, Body and Conclusion.

You must use at least 3 resources.