Instructions: Disciplinary Assignment Part 1 Instructions Instructions: Since 1963, a series of United States Supreme Court case decisions have clarified that in criminal cases, prosecutors must disclose to the defense evidence favorable to the defendant. This includes information that may be used to impeach the credibility of government witnesses, including law enforcement officers. These decisions mean that police officers who have documented histories of lying in official matters are liabilities to their agencies, and these histories may render them unable to testify credibly. Part 1: Please write a professional memorandum summarizing the main issues that are involved in the following United States Supreme Court cases. You must have at least 2.5 pages not including your title page. Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 (1963) Giglio v. United States , 405 U. S. 150 (1972) United States v. Agurs , 427 U. S. 97 (1976) Disciplinary Assignment Part 2 Instructions This is a continuation of the Disciplinary Assignment Part 1. Students read the following journal articles found in the Reading and Study section of Module/Week 7 . Judge, Lisa A. (November 2005). Disclosing Officer Untruthfulness to the Defense: Is a Liars Squad Coming to Your Town?. The Police Chief, 72 (11). Serpas, Ronal, & Hagar, Michael. (August 2010). The Untruthful Employee: Is Termination the Only Response?. The Police Chief, LXXVII (8). Copyrights held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA. Instructions: Since 1963, a series of United States Supreme Court case decisions have clarified that in criminal cases, prosecutors must disclose to the defense evidence favorable to the defendant. This includes information that may be used to impeach the credibility of government witnesses, including law enforcement officers. These decisions mean that police officers who have documented histories of lying in official matters are liabilities to their agencies, and these histories may render them unable to testify credibly. With this in mind, you are the Chief of Police of a municipality. Your Deputy Chief of Police advises you that one of your officers was investigated for inappropriate use of one of the computers in the patrol division. As a result of this internal investigation, it was determined that the officer used this computer to search pornographic web sites. When confronted with this allegation, the officer denied any knowledge of this incident. Upon further investigation, the computer crimes analyst determined that the officer’s logon password was used to enter the unauthorized web sites. The officer then admitted to his wrongdoing and stated it would never happen again. This officer has been with your organization for 15 years, and the only other disciplinary action taken against him was for being involved in an at fault traffic accident 10 years ago. As the Chief of Police, you mus.

1. Instructions:
Disciplinary Assignment Part 1 Instructions
Instructions:
Since 1963, a series of United States Supreme Court case
decisions have clarified that in criminal cases, prosecutors must
disclose to the defense evidence favorable to the defendant.
This includes information that may be used to impeach the
credibility of government witnesses, including law enforcement
officers. These decisions mean that police officers who have
documented histories of lying in official matters are liabilities
to their agencies, and these histories may render them unable to
testify credibly.
Part 1: Please write a professional memorandum summarizing
the main issues that are involved in the following United States
Supreme Court cases. You must have at least 2.5 pages not
including your title page.
Brady v. Maryland
, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)
Giglio v. United States
, 405 U. S. 150 (1972)
United States v. Agurs
, 427 U. S. 97 (1976)
Disciplinary Assignment Part 2 Instructions

2. This is a continuation of the Disciplinary Assignment Part 1.
Students read the following journal articles found in the
Reading and Study section of Module/Week 7
.
Judge, Lisa A.
(November 2005).
Disclosing Officer Untruthfulness to the Defense: Is a Liars
Squad Coming to Your Town?.
The Police Chief, 72
(11).
Serpas, Ronal, & Hagar, Michael.
(August 2010).
The Untruthful Employee: Is Termination the Only Response?.
The Police Chief, LXXVII
(8).
Copyrights held by the International Association of Chiefs of
Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
USA.
Instructions:
Since 1963, a series of United States Supreme Court case
decisions have clarified that in criminal cases, prosecutors must
disclose to the defense evidence favorable to the defendant.
This includes information that may be used to impeach the

3. credibility of government witnesses, including law enforcement
officers. These decisions mean that police officers who have
documented histories of lying in official matters are liabilities
to their agencies, and these histories may render them unable to
testify credibly.
With this in mind, you are the Chief of Police of a municipality.
Your Deputy Chief of Police advises you that one of your
officers was investigated for inappropriate use of one of the
computers in the patrol division. As a result of this internal
investigation, it was determined that the officer used this
computer to search pornographic web sites. When confronted
with this allegation, the officer denied any knowledge of this
incident. Upon further investigation, the computer crimes
analyst determined that the officer’s logon password was used
to enter the unauthorized web sites. The officer then admitted to
his wrongdoing and stated it would never happen again. This
officer has been with your organization for 15 years, and the
only other disciplinary action taken against him was for being
involved in an at fault traffic accident 10 years ago. As the
Chief of Police, you must decide how you will handle this
situation?
Write a professional memorandum outlining and explaining how
you will handle this situation. What recommendations would
you make?
Use the references listed below to assist and support you in your
decision.
You must have at least 2.5 pages and should attach these new
pages to Part 1, for a total of 5 pages. Therefore, in
Module/Week 7 you will submit the entire Disciplinary
Assignment with a title page, and a reference page citing the
cases you used, and any outside references.

4. Brady v. Maryland
, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)
Giglio v. United States
, 405 U. S. 150 (1972)
United States v. Agurs
, 427 U. S. 97 (1976)
Kyles v. Whitley
, 514 U. S. 419 (1995)
United States v. Bagley
, 473 U. S. 667 (1985)
POLICY
DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION:
Policy Development: Draft Instructions
Law enforcement organizations are facing a tremendous
problem with social media. On one hand, social media such as
Facebook, My Space, and Twitter can be extremely useful for
effective and efficient communication. On the other hand, Law
Enforcement Executives are constantly facing situations in
which employee misconduct is occurring through social media.
Police Officers are accessing social media from their
workstations and patrol cars during their shifts. Police Officers
are posting information that is unbecoming for an officer as
well as degrading and disrespectful to the profession. Police
unions and police officer organizations such as the Fraternal
Order of Police and the PBA are opposed to departmental
policies that infringe on police officers’ constitutional rights.
How do law enforcement organizations regulate the use of
social media? Just about every major law enforcement
organization has a Facebook account associated with the
organization’s website. Therefore, should law enforcement

5. organizations regulate individual officer’s social media
activity?
As the policy manager for your law enforcement organization,
please research the best practices related to the regulation of
police officers’ use of social media and develop a department
policy. This research should include interviews with your local
law enforcement leaders to determine how they are addressing
this issue. In addition, please read the “Social Media” study
conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police;
it can be found in the Reading & Study folder of Module/Week
4.
You must have at least 5 pages not including your title page.
Policy Development: Final Instructions
Review the feedback you received from your instructor for the
Policy Development Draft. Make the necessary changes to your
work, and resubmit the final Policy Development.
Law Enforcement Organizations are facing a tremendous
problem with social media. On one hand, social media such as
Facebook, My Space, and Twitter can be extremely useful for
effective and efficient communication. On the other hand, Law
Enforcement Executives are constantly facing situations in
which employee misconduct is occurring through social media.
Police Officers are accessing social media from their
workstations and patrol cars during their shifts. Police Officers
are posting information that is unbecoming for an officer as

6. well as degrading and disrespectful to the profession. Police
Unions and Police Officer Organizations such as the Fraternal
Order of Police and the PBA are opposed to departmental
policies that infringe on police officers’ constitutional rights.
How do law enforcement organizations regulate the use of
social media? Just about every major law enforcement
organization has a Facebook account associated with the
organization’s website. Therefore, should law enforcement
organizations regulate individual officer’s social media
activity?
As the policy manager for your law enforcement organization,
please research the best practices related to the regulation of
police officers use of social media and develop a department
policy. This research should include interviews with your local
law enforcement leaders to determine how they are addressing
this issue. In addition, please read the “Social Media” study
conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police;
it can be found in the Reading & Study folder of Module/Week
8.
You must have at least 5 pages not including your title page.