Interagency task forces.

Interagency task forces.

The final project for this course is a final paper that reviews through numerous media sources the experience of law enforcement as it relates to interagency task forces. This will be a narrative format using subheadings to help organize your work. You will conduct one interview with a law enforcement official and determine his or her agency’s experience with these cooperative efforts. Your use of major police research sources will be important. Some of these are the National Institute of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and news, trade, and journal articles. Some of these are Police Quarterly, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, and Government Accounting Office publications. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency and your ability to assimilate the course information and then employ it in a real law enforcement setting with practitioners.
The following components should be explored in your final paper:

1. Research and explore the varying forms of interagency cooperation that exist in this country. Be open to new ideas and best practices experienced by many law enforcement agencies in this area. When does it not work and why? And when does it work and why?
2. Research the impact of task force work on the crime problems they address.
3. Explore the feelings about turf battles and other issues associated with organizational cultures as opposed to the crime problems they address.
4. Compare and contrast the successes and failures and then devise an original solution.