6 Pages ewly appointed Police Chief Alexandra Delatorre of the Anytown Police Department (APD) has been attending several town and city council meetings whereby she has heard numerous complaints about the increase in armed robberies being committed by the local transients (homeless people) in and near the Anytown Gallery Shopping Mall. Chief Delatorre checked with the crime analysis unit of the department to obtain information on the crime statistics for robberies in the area of the shopping mall. The crime analysis unit determined that there was 75% increase in the number of robberies between 2009 and 2011. The chief attended a meeting with the shopping mall executives and learned that there had been a steady increase in the number of businesses leaving the mall, which served as major sources for employment and revenue for the city. One week ago, Chief Delatorre drove to the shopping mall one evening at 9:30 p.m., before the mall was about to close, and discovered that several sections of the subterranean multilevel parking lot had poor lighting and no security gate that secured the parking area, and the guard shack was in an obscure portion of the first level and appeared to not have been used for quite some time. She also found what appeared to be small “camps” of blankets, trash, old and dirty clothes, and metal shopping carts that belonged to different local grocery stores in the far corners of the parking lot on the lower two levels. There was also a very strong odor of urine in the area of the “camps.” Chief Delatorre has convened you and your team to make recommendations on addressing the problem of the robberies at the shopping mall. She wants to implement a program using the community-oriented policing (COP) philosophy. She has several specific areas that need to be considered for the COP program to reduce or even eliminate the robberies at the shopping mall. She would like to give the program a name. You are to compose a written memo that addresses the following:: Assignment Guidelines Address the following in a strategic plan of 6–10 pages: What social forces exist within the above assignment scenario? Describe and explain. Preparation How should the department prepare for the program, and who should be involved? Explain. What types of social or special interest groups should be included? Why are they important to this program? How might they affect the final product? Gathering information What information (data, facts, statistics, etc.) would need to be gathered to start the program design? Explain. Consider at least race, age, gender, social class, and public opinion in your response. Organizational review How will this COP program impact the daily operations of the APD? Explain. How will the program affect the organizational culture of the department? Explain. The community How will the community members be involved? Explain. How will the program extend to members of a multicultural community? Consider religion, ethnicity, cus.

1. 6 Pages
ewly appointed Police Chief Alexandra Delatorre of the
Anytown Police Department (APD) has been attending several
town and city council meetings whereby she has heard
numerous complaints about the increase in armed robberies
being committed by the local transients (homeless people) in
and near the Anytown Gallery Shopping Mall. Chief Delatorre
checked with the crime analysis unit of the department to obtain
information on the crime statistics for robberies in the area of
the shopping mall. The crime analysis unit determined that there
was 75% increase in the number of robberies between 2009 and
2011. The chief attended a meeting with the shopping mall
executives and learned that there had been a steady increase in
the number of businesses leaving the mall, which served as
major sources for employment and revenue for the city.
One week ago, Chief Delatorre drove to the shopping mall one
evening at 9:30 p.m., before the mall was about to close, and
discovered that several sections of the subterranean multilevel
parking lot had poor lighting and no security gate that secured
the parking area, and the guard shack was in an obscure portion
of the first level and appeared to not have been used for quite
some time. She also found what appeared to be small “camps”
of blankets, trash, old and dirty clothes, and metal shopping
carts that belonged to different local grocery stores in the far
corners of the parking lot on the lower two levels. There was
also a very strong odor of urine in the area of the “camps.”
Chief Delatorre has convened you and your team to make
recommendations on addressing the problem of the robberies at
the shopping mall. She wants to implement a program using the
community-oriented policing (COP) philosophy. She has several
specific areas that need to be considered for the COP program
to reduce or even eliminate the robberies at the shopping mall.
She would like to give the program a name. You are to compose
a written memo that addresses the following::

2. Assignment Guidelines
Address the following in a strategic plan of 6–10 pages:
What social forces exist within the above assignment scenario?
Describe and explain.
Preparation
How should the department prepare for the program, and who
should be involved? Explain.
What types of social or special interest groups should be
included? Why are they important to this program? How might
they affect the final product?
Gathering information
What information (data, facts, statistics, etc.) would need to be
gathered to start the program design? Explain.
Consider at least race, age, gender, social class, and public
opinion in your response.
Organizational review
How will this COP program impact the daily operations of the
APD? Explain.
How will the program affect the organizational culture of the
department? Explain.
The community
How will the community members be involved? Explain.
How will the program extend to members of a multicultural
community?
Consider religion, ethnicity, customs, etc.
How will media relations be considered with regard to the
program? Explain.
How might the activities and influence of the media affect the
success of the program? Explain.
Implementation
When should the program begin?
Who will be involved?
What special activities would need to be in place to implement
the COP program?
Preliminary evaluation
What initial monitoring and evaluation would need to take place

3. after the implementation?
Evaluation and monitoring
What feedback should be obtained, and from whom? Explain.
How should the program be assessed for continued
effectiveness?
In a time of economic decline, how would you address poverty-
stricken populations in your COP program? Explain.
What challenges exist with regard to this population, and how
might it impact your program? Explain.
Considering the possibility of a terrorist attack, how would you
address the fear instilled in the general population? Explain.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.