The seventh stage of planned change—Initiating the Program or Policy  Plan—focuses on weaknesses of the first six stages of planned change. It  is critical for the planner to review the first six stages in order to  ensure a greater chance of success. This week you will prepare a report in Microsoft Word reviewing the  implementation of your program or policy. You will then evaluate  outcomes. This report is to be presented to an audience that includes  members of the Center for Justice, the Mayor of Fictionland, and the  Chief of Police. The report should include the following elements: Part I : Compilation of previous steps, with additional detail: A summary of the problem-solving technique employed. A list of two potential sources contributing to the problem. Also  argue why you believe these factors are responsible for the  community-police problem(s) in Fictionland. A summary of the newly created goal(s) and objective(s). A detailed explanation of the program or policy adapted. An action plan. Tools used to conduct a process evaluation. Tools used to conduct an outcome evaluation. Conclusion to the program or policy implementation and outcome. Part II : Create measures for evaluation of the design and  objectives of your program or policy for the Fictionland Police  Department. Include the following points in your report: Considering the objectives that you created in a previous  assignment, create two measures to evaluate the effectiveness of your  program or policy for every objective. Include a statement as to why these measures are valid measures.   Project Scenario Tensions between the minority community and the police are regrettable problems in the United States. One city, Fictionland, has experienced tremendous population growth and demographic changes in the past 50 years. The Fictionland Police Department has been criticized by a powerful citizen-based organization, Center for Justice, for engaging in illegal racial profiling tactics and for being generally unresponsive to complaints about police harassment and police brutality allegedly committed against members of the minority community. DetailsThe Fictionland Police Department in New Jersey was established in 1945 to deal with the community’s growing concern with traffic congestion and increasing crime rates. Fictionland’s population in 1945 was 5,000 and predominantly Caucasian. According to the latest census figures, Fictionland’s population is now 68,000 and racially diverse. Approximately 25 percent of the Fictionland population is a racial minority. The latest projections suggest that if this trend continues, at some point, Fictionland with be 51 percent white and 49 percent racial minority.The department had 14 full-time police officers on staff in 1945, and all were Caucasian. Today, the department has 60 full-time officers with only two minority officers on staff. Over the past five years, members of the Center for Justice have claimed that Fictio.

1. The seventh stage of planned change—Initiating the Program or
Policy Plan—focuses on weaknesses of the first six stages of
planned change. It is critical for the planner to review the first
six stages in order to ensure a greater chance of success.
This week you will prepare a report in Microsoft Word
reviewing the implementation of your program or policy. You
will then evaluate outcomes. This report is to be presented to
an audience that includes members of the Center for Justice,
the Mayor of Fictionland, and the Chief of Police. The report
should include the following elements:
Part I
: Compilation of previous steps, with additional detail:
A summary of the problem-solving technique employed.
A list of two potential sources contributing to the problem. Also
argue why you believe these factors are responsible for the
community-police problem(s) in Fictionland.
A summary of the newly created goal(s) and objective(s).
A detailed explanation of the program or policy adapted.
An action plan.
Tools used to conduct a process evaluation.
Tools used to conduct an outcome evaluation.
Conclusion to the program or policy implementation and

2. outcome.
Part II
: Create measures for evaluation of the design and objectives of
your program or policy for the Fictionland Police Department.
Include the following points in your report:
Considering the objectives that you created in a previous
assignment, create two measures to evaluate the effectiveness
of your program or policy for every objective.
Include a statement as to why these measures are valid
measures.
Project Scenario
Tensions between the minority community and the police are
regrettable problems in the United States. One city, Fictionland,
has experienced tremendous population growth and
demographic changes in the past 50 years. The Fictionland
Police Department has been criticized by a powerful citizen-
based organization, Center for Justice, for engaging in illegal
racial profiling tactics and for being generally unresponsive to
complaints about police harassment and police brutality
allegedly committed against members of the minority
community. DetailsThe Fictionland Police Department in New
Jersey was established in 1945 to deal with the community’s
growing concern with traffic congestion and increasing crime
rates. Fictionland’s population in 1945 was 5,000 and
predominantly Caucasian. According to the latest census
figures, Fictionland’s population is now 68,000 and racially
diverse. Approximately 25 percent of the Fictionland population

3. is a racial minority. The latest projections suggest that if this
trend continues, at some point, Fictionland with be 51 percent
white and 49 percent racial minority.The department had 14
full-time police officers on staff in 1945, and all were
Caucasian. Today, the department has 60 full-time officers with
only two minority officers on staff. Over the past five years,
members of the Center for Justice have claimed that Fictionland
police have harassed many minority citizens and, on several
occasions, have engaged in acts of police brutality. In
particular, the Center for Justice claimed that minorities have
been the victims of racial profiling in traffic stops. Seventy-two
members of the minority community have filed complaints to
the Fictionland Police Department claiming that they have been
pulled over without just cause. In each instance, Internal Affairs
(IA) has investigated the complaints and found no wrongdoing.
In one of the many incidents of racial profiling, last year a
complaint was lodged against Officer Tim Smith, a fifteen-year
veteran of the force, for racial profiling and police brutality
against Antoine Jones, a prominent business owner. Again, IA
Unit investigated the complaint and found no wrongdoing and
took no action. Approximately two weeks after the IA handed
down their decision on the complaint against Officer Tim Smith,
a damaging videotape was leaked to the press from a whistle-
blower in the Fictionland Police Department. The videotape
showed Officer Tim Smith following Antoine Jones’ car. You
could hear Officer Smith saying, “Homeboy in a Mercedes,
must be a crack dealer.” on the videotape prior to turning his
siren on. Officer Smithapproached Mr. Jones and said, “Boy,
give me your license and registration now!” When Mr. Jones
complied and handed the documents over, Officer Smith threw
the license to the ground. Officer Smith ordered Mr. Jones to
get out of his car and to pick up his license. Mr. Jones was
deferential and complied with the order. The videotape clearly
shows, without any provocation, Officer Smith pepper-spraying
Mr. Jones in the face. Mr. Jones was handcuffed and taken into
custody. The arrest report, prepared by Officer Smith, stated

4. that Mr. Jones swung at Officer Smith and resisted arrest. Eight
similar complaints against Officer Smith had been filed in the
past. Each of the complaints was investigated, with IA Unit
exonerating Officer Smith on each occasion.
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Center for Justice claims that the IA Unit is unresponsive and
tends to be dismissive of their complaints. The reputation of the
Fictionland Police Department has been sullied, and members of
the minority community, to this day, do not trust their local
police department. Some members of the community are
reluctant to contact the police because of negative encounters
they have experienced in the past.Final Project AssignmentsThe
final project assignments will include identifying the problem in
the scenario, developing a response policy or program to rectify
the situation, monitoring and evaluating the developed policy or
program from weeks 1 through 6.Students will be asked to
analyze the scenario to identify organizational problems that
might have created this tension and to develop a response
(policy or program) that will rectify the situation. Moreover,
students will be asked to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness
of the policy/program that was implemented.
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