Put yourself in the shoes of the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center analysts who have just learned about the pump incident at the Curran-Gardner water plant. Use the following Getting Started Checklist questions to launch your analysis. Answer all 10 steps in the analysis.

Step 1: What has prompted the need for the analysis? For example, was it a news report, a new intelligence report, a new development, a perception of change, or a customer request?

Step 2: What is the key question that needs to be answered?

Step 3: Why is this issue important, and how can analysis make a meaningful contribution?

Step 4: Has your or another organization ever answered this or a similar question before, and, if so, what was said? To whom was this analysis delivered, and what has changed since that time?

Step 5: Who are the principal customers? Are these customers needs well understood? If not, try to gain a better understanding of their needs and the style of the reporting they like.

Step 6: Are there other stakeholders who would have an interest in the answer to this question? Who might have a different perspective and prefer that a different question be answered?

Step 7: From your first impressions, what are all the possible answers to this question? For example, what alternative explanations or outcomes should be considered before making an analytic judgment on the issue?

Step 8: Depending on responses to the previous questions, consider rewording the key question. Consider adding subordinate or supplemental questions.

Step 9: Generate a list of potential sources or streams of reporting to be explored.

Step 10: Who would you reach out to for their experience and expertise in other organizationsboth within and outside government.

For APA citation please refer to the book : Cases IN intelligence analysis structured analytic techniques in action second edition bu sarah miller Beebe and andolph H. Pherson

A A paper shows how an analyst would actually think through the problem

Assignment is about how analysts should approach the problem

when the information first appears, not about determining the final answer, Good analysts avoid jumping to conclusions

Primary goal is analytical reasoning

Discuss who should be allowed access to a crime scene and what procedures should be used to ensure personnel entering a crime scene maintain crime scene integrity.

Discuss in no less than 5 complete sentences,

Policy Discussion Paper #1

Recently representatives from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made a request to the Bigton (Texas) City Council to participate in the 287(g) program (

). Briefly, the 287(g) Program allows local law enforcement agencies to enforce certain aspects of federal U.S. immigration law, expanding a departments authority to:

• Identify and process removable aliens with pending or active criminal charges.
• Enforce limited immigration authorities with ICE oversight during routine duties.
• Serve and execute administrative warrants on removable aliens in your jail.

Bigton (not actually a real town) is a small town (population 5,000) in a rural area of Texas. The most prominent industry in the county is agriculture. The residential population is 60% White, 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 2% Other/More than one race. During harvest season the number of Hispanic residents increases substantially. Most of these individuals are seasonal agricultural workers that return to Mexico after the harvest. The crime rate in Bigton is very low. Historically, it does not change even with the added presence of foreign nationals during harvest.

You are a patrol lieutenant with the Bigton Police Department and attended the DHS presentation to the City Council. Subsequently, the Chief of Police, Mayor, City Manager, and City Attorney have scheduled a meeting with the department’s command staff (including you) to discuss the feasibility of Bigton participating in this program.

Your task (assigned by the Chief) is to prepare a Policy Discussion Paper for this meeting. This paper is intended to include information relating to the City of Bigton’s possible participation in the 287(g) program. Your task is to provide objective information and not to make a specific recommendation. Specifically your discussion document should contain the following content.

1. A brief summary of the 287(g) program overall and its three program participation options (Jail, Task Force, Warrant Officer). NOTE: The City of Bigton does not operate a jail.
2. A detailed list of what participation in the 287(g) program would require of the Bigton Police Department (resource allocation, changes in current procedures, training, internal costs, financial incentives, public image of the department, etc.). NOTE: Use the independent sources, particularly from other agency’s internal evaluations, to identify the possible issues that may arise from participation.
3. A detailed discussion on the anticipated advantages of participation for the City of Bigton. NOTE: Don’t rely on your own experience to identify the anticipated advantages. Use information from the independent sources.
4. A detailed discussion on the anticipated disadvantages of participation for the City of Bigton. NOTE: Don’t rely on your own experience to identify the anticipated disadvantages. Use information from the independent sources.

Manuscript requirements

• Length: 1,500 to 2,000 words, not including the bibliography.
• Section and subsection headings must be used.
• Summary
• Participation requirements (likely there will be subsection headings in this section e.g. resource allocation, changes in current procedures, training, internal costs, financial incentives, public image of the department, etc.)
• Advantages of participation
• Disadvantages of participation
• Cohesively written paragraphs, meaning that every sentence within a single paragraph must be relevant to the message or issue discussed in the paragraph.
• May be written in outline form but each point must contain enough information to inform the policy discussion.
• This issue is controversial. However, avoid, at all costs, the temptation to offer political, social or editorial comments. You are not making a recommendation here. The purpose of this paper is to provide objective information to the policy decision making process.
• No fewer than five independent sources must be used. These sources can be from the academic literature, government reports, evaluations of program participation from other local agencies, or any other authoritative source. Editorial, opinion, political, or advocacy group sources must not be used.
• Information from the sources used must be cited textually.
• Information from the sources used also must be listed in a bibliography at the end of the manuscript.
• Use the citation format from the American Psychological Association (APA).
• Free of obvious spelling and grammatical errors.
• Font: No smaller than 12 font.
• One inch margins for edges, top and bottom.
• No cover page.

From the syllabus

Submitting Written Assignments

There are two types of written assignments during the course the Weekly Short Essays and the Policy Discussion Papers. All of these assignments must be submitted through their assignment pages on Canvas in written form so that they are evaluated through TurnItIn. This normally requires that submissions be pasted into the dialogue box provided in the assignment page. Submissions with hyperlinks to files containing them will not be accepted. Submissions that are submitted as hyperlinks without being evaluated through TurnItIn will not be graded. Such submissions will be returned with a zero grade and an opportunity to resubmit as described above within one week of their original due dates. If not resubmitted within this time frame the student will receive a zero grade for that submission. This opportunity resubmit an assignment cannot be extended to the final Policy Discussion Paper (#2)

A Special Note on Plagiarism

Throughout this semester you will be asked to;

• Write short essays answering questions using the materials from the required textbook, and
• Write two longer policy discussion papers on a contemporary controversy within American police systems and practices.

While some degree of collaboration among students is expected, and even encouraged, it is essential to avoid using another persons work (published or not) without adequate attribution. In other words, using quotations, concepts, definitions, similar passages, research findings, etc. from other researchers without properly indicating (both in text and in a bibliography) the source of this information is plagiarism and a serious violation of University policy. Violations of this policy will, depending on the level of seriousness, result in a grade reduction (including a grade of 0) and/or the referral of the student for discipline (including expulsion from the University). Here are some examples.

• The Weekly Short Essay assignments are intended to evaluate the students understanding of a specific practice relevant to American policing or practice. Merely quoting passages from the textbook is insufficient. Quoting passages from the textbook without attributing them to the textbook is plagiarism.
• In the Policy Discussion Papers the students will conduct a review of the available literature or information relating a policy level decision. These papers will contain objective information from multiple perspectives on a contemporary topic in American policing. They are intended to simulate the sort of documents that are used during the policy development process. The sources used in these papers must be attributed to their authors. The use of these materials without attribution is considered plagiarism.
• Using any material from a website or another student that has previously been submitted for credit (at any university) without attribution (i.e. presenting it as your own intellectual creation) is plagiarism.

Question 1 (5 points)

What level of proof must be established for a police officer to make an arrest?

Question 1 options:

1)

Probable cause

2)

Beyond a reasonable doubt

3)

Reasonable suspicion

4)

Preponderance of the evidence

Question 2 (5 points)

A written argument that’s submitted to a court is called a/an

Question 2 options:

1)

appeal.

2)

mandate.

3)

directive.

4)

brief.

Question 3 (5 points)

The _______ states that the U.S. Constitution and laws passed by Congress are supreme laws and trump state laws.

Question 3 options:

1)

Bill of Rights

2)

Supremacy Clause

3)

Federal Rule of Procedure

4)

Twelfth Amendment

Question 4 (5 points)

In which case did the US Supreme Court hold that the government may not employ heat-sensing technology to obtain information about the interior of the home that could not otherwise be obtained without physical intrusion?

Question 4 options:

1)

Kyllo v. United States

2)

Katz v. United States

3)

Maryland v. Macon

4)

California v. Greenwood

Question 5 (5 points)

In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled that prior to interrogating a suspect in custody, the police must provide the suspect with a three-part _______ warning.

Question 5 options:

1)

due process

2)

Gerstein

3)

Miranda

4)

certiorari

Question 6 (5 points)

How many amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

Question 6 options:

1)

10

2)

6

3)

4

4)

14

Question 7 (5 points)

Once a court has established a legal principle or rule, the rule becomes a legal _______ that will be followed by future courts in cases that involve the same legal issue.

Question 7 options:

1)

precedent

2)

norm

3)

code

4)

model

Question 8 (5 points)

Unlawful drugs and other prohibited substances are called

Question 8 options:

1)

ingresses.

2)

contraband.

3)

medicaments.

4)

fruits of crime.

Question 9 (5 points)

Which approach to incorporation focuses on the concept of “ordered liberty”?

Question 9 options:

1)

Total incorporation plus

2)

Selective incorporation

3)

Fundamental fairness

4)

Total incorporation

Question 10 (5 points)

In states that lack intermediate appellate courts, appeals are directed to the

Question 10 options:

1)

state supreme court.

2)

US Supreme Court.

3)

circuit courts.

4)

district courts.

Question 11 (5 points)

The _______ Amendment of the Constitution prohibits excessive bail and fines.

Question 11 options:

1)

Fifth

2)

Eighth

3)

Seventh

4)

Second

Question 12 (5 points)

In which of the following situations does a person have a reasonable expectation of privacy?

Question 12 options:

1)

Holding a conversation with a “false friend” in a hotel room

2)

Holding a conversation on a cell phone with a “false friend”

3)

Holding a conversation with an actual friend in a public park

4)

Holding a conversation with an actual friend inside their rented apartment

Question 13 (5 points)

What type of justices are guided by the intent of the framers of the US Constitution?

Question 13 options:

1)

Judicial

2)

Liberal

3)

Federalist

4)

Originalist

Question 14 (5 points)

The courts’ assumption that prosecutors will use “good judgment and common sense” is known as the

Question 14 options:

1)

principle of balance.

2)

presumption of regularity.

3)

right of discretion.

4)

equal protection clause.

Question 15 (5 points)

_______ is the area immediately surrounding a home and is considered a part of the dwelling; however, this area has no expectation of privacy from aerial surveillance.

Question 15 options:

1)

Open fields

2)

Curtilage

3)

Home turf

4)

Chattel

Question 16 (5 points)

The circuit _______ sit in three-judge panels.

Question 16 options:

1)

courts of county

2)

district courts

3)

courts of appeal

4)

regional courts

Question 17 (5 points)

A/An _______ hearing establishes a convicted defendant’s punishment.

Question 17 options:

1)

penalty

2)

sentencing

3)

post-conviction

4)

judicial

Question 18 (5 points)

Some US Supreme Court justices have said that even though they personally oppose abortion and would overturn Roe v. Wade if given the opportunity, they wouldn’t outlaw abortion but leave that decision up to the states. This point of view is an example of judicial

Question 18 options:

1)

activism.

2)

authority.

3)

restraint.

4)

philosophy.

Question 19 (5 points)

Which of the following defines the factual elements of a criminal offense?

Question 19 options:

1)

Substantive criminal law

2)

Substantive civil law

3)

Procedural criminal law

4)

Procedural civil law

Question 20 (5 points)

Which of the following has the power to issue search warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and rule on pretrial motions?

Question 20 options:

1)

Marshal

2)

Sheriff

3)

District attorney

4)

Magistrate judge