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Module 3 - SLP
ETHICS AND LAWS IN HOMELAND SECURITY
The subject for this SLP 3 assignment will center around a domestic terrorist group releasing a deadly biological agent that is killing American citizens.

SLP Assignment
An unknown terrorist group has released a previously unidentified biological agent (designated by the Centers for Disease Control as “BX-123”) on the Mall in Washington, D.C., resulting in the infection of hundreds of persons; likely, hundreds more have not yet been unidentified. The release and spread of BX-123 has led to dozens of deaths within days and hundreds of hospitalizations for seriously and critically ill victims. Numerous terrorist groups have claimed responsibility; however, none of these claims have yet been verified.

You are a newly hired Intelligence Analyst with the Department of Homeland Security, following your supervisor to the FBI building. You have to take careful notes pertaining to the release of a biological agent on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Your introduction in your notebook will cover the following:

What does FEMA’s National Response Framework say about Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) responses?
Who are the first responders to a CBRNE attack? What is HAZMAT?
How is the FBI involved?
What precautions must you take to enter a contaminated area?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Assignments should be at least 3 full pages double-spaced, not counting the cover or reference page. Paper format: (a) Cover page, (b) Header, (c) Body. Submit your assignment by the last day of this module.

Properly cite the quotations that you use to support your statements. For more information, please consult the Purdue University OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Relevance: All content is connected to the question.
Precision: Specific question is addressed. Statements, facts, and statistics are specific and accurate.
Depth of discussion: Points that lead to deeper issues are presented and integrated.
Breadth: Multiple perspectives and references, multiple issues/factors considered.
Evidence: Points are well supported with facts, statistics, and references.
Logic: Presented discussion makes sense; conclusions are logically supported by premises, statements, or factual information.
Clarity: Writing is concise and understandable, and contains sufficient detail or examples.
Objectivity: Use of first person and subjective bias is avoided.
References: Sources are listed at the end of the paper.

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ETHICS AND LAWS IN HOMELAND SECURITY
Assignment Overview
Some people say that our government is snooping into our business daily.

The USA Patriot Act and domestic surveillance (such as monitoring of emails and phone calls) have become controversial among the American public, sparking concerns over privacy and related issues. The USA Patriot Act and other federal laws permit law enforcement and intelligence agencies some leeway in domestic surveillance.

Leaks by former National Security Agency (NSA) worker Edward Snowden revealed an extensive program of surveillance by the NSA and the intelligence community. Public outcry has resulted in open and closed hearings before Congress as well as many lawsuits and other legal actions by private citizens and organizations.

There is a need for some measure of surveillance to protect citizens from terrorist attacks; however, these measures are difficult to define and often secret. Examining this controversial issue is an important part of understanding the foundations of Homeland Security.

Case Assignment
After studying the required readings and other sources:

Briefly discuss your opinion of the legal and ethical role of DHS and its component agencies in the domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens.
Remember to cover such areas as privacy, surveillance, and treatment of citizens.
Google your state’s Homeland Security Plan. For example, enter (Name of your state) Homeland Security Plan, and note any language relating to safety and privacy of citizens.
Assignment Expectations
Assignments should be at least 3 full pages double-spaced, not counting the cover or reference page. Paper format: (a) Cover page, (b) Header, (c) Body. Submit your assignment by the last day of this module.

Properly cite the quotations that you use to support your statements. For more information, please consult the Purdue University OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Relevance: All content is connected to the question.
Precision: Specific question is addressed. Statements, facts, and statistics are specific and accurate.
Depth of discussion: Points that lead to deeper issues are presented and integrated.
Breadth: Multiple perspectives and references, multiple issues/factors considered.
Evidence: Points are well supported with facts, statistics, and references.
Logic: Presented discussion makes sense; conclusions are logically supported by premises, statements, or factual information.
Clarity: Writing is concise and understandable, and contains sufficient detail or examples.
Objectivity: Use of first person and subjective bias is avoided.
References: Sources are listed at the end of the paper.

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Module 3 - SLP
ETHICS AND LAWS IN HOMELAND SECURITY
The subject for this SLP 3 assignment will center around a domestic terrorist group releasing a deadly biological agent that is killing American citizens.

SLP Assignment
An unknown terrorist group has released a previously unidentified biological agent (designated by the Centers for Disease Control as “BX-123”) on the Mall in Washington, D.C., resulting in the infection of hundreds of persons; likely, hundreds more have not yet been unidentified. The release and spread of BX-123 has led to dozens of deaths within days and hundreds of hospitalizations for seriously and critically ill victims. Numerous terrorist groups have claimed responsibility; however, none of these claims have yet been verified.

You are a newly hired Intelligence Analyst with the Department of Homeland Security, following your supervisor to the FBI building. You have to take careful notes pertaining to the release of a biological agent on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Your introduction in your notebook will cover the following:

What does FEMA’s National Response Framework say about Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) responses?
Who are the first responders to a CBRNE attack? What is HAZMAT?
How is the FBI involved?
What precautions must you take to enter a contaminated area?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Assignments should be at least 3 full pages double-spaced, not counting the cover or reference page. Paper format: (a) Cover page, (b) Header, (c) Body. Submit your assignment by the last day of this module.

Properly cite the quotations that you use to support your statements. For more information, please consult the Purdue University OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Relevance: All content is connected to the question.
Precision: Specific question is addressed. Statements, facts, and statistics are specific and accurate.
Depth of discussion: Points that lead to deeper issues are presented and integrated.
Breadth: Multiple perspectives and references, multiple issues/factors considered.
Evidence: Points are well supported with facts, statistics, and references.
Logic: Presented discussion makes sense; conclusions are logically supported by premises, statements, or factual information.
Clarity: Writing is concise and understandable, and contains sufficient detail or examples.
Objectivity: Use of first person and subjective bias is avoided.
References: Sources are listed at the end of the paper.

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Assignment 5: Senior Seminar Project
Due Week 10 and worth 200 points


In Week 1, you chose a topic area and problem or challenge within that area. Throughout this course, you have researched the dynamics of the problem. The final piece of your project is to develop a viable solution that considers resources, policy, stakeholders, organizational readiness, administrative structures and other internal and external factors, as applicable. Using the papers you have written throughout this course, consolidate your findings into a succinct project. 

Write a ten (10) page paper that as a minimum, your project should include:

Identify the topical area (e.g., local police department, community jail, border patrol)
Define a problem or challenge within your topical area that you understand in some depth or have an interest in (examples include high crime rate, poor morale, high levels of violence or recidivism, high number of civilian complaints of harassment, inadequate equipment). Outline the context of the problem or challenge, including the history and any policy decisions that have contributed to the situation.
Describe how internal or external stakeholders have influenced the situation in a positive or negative way. How will you consider stakeholders in your solution to the problem? How will you motivate individuals to buy into your solution?
Discuss how technologies or information systems have contributed to the problem and how you will propose technology be implemented into the solution.
Discuss what data you have collected or researched to indicate there is a problem. Include at least two sources of data and how each is relevant to the problem.
Develop an effective and efficient solution(s) and a course of action (i.e., plan) that addresses the problem or challenge.
Explain what methods of assessment you will employ to measure the effectiveness of your solutions.
Develop a 10-15 slide PowerPoint Presentation that summarizes the seven items above.
Use at least 8 quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Assess a policy or problem and develop solutions based on available resources, taking into account the political and global implications.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in criminal justice.
Write clearly and concisely about criminal justice using proper writing mechanics.

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Howes v. Fields
Competency Addressed in This Discussion
Competency 4: Analyze criminal justice issues.
Introduction
The Miranda decision is pretty cut and dried when police want to question someone about a crime when that person is not free to leave. The police may still question the person if they desire, but they run the risk of the person's statements being inadmissible in court. But what if the police want to ask questions of someone who is already behind bars—whether in jail or prison—about something unrelated to the crime for which he or she is being held? Does the fact that the person is being held by the government imply that he or she is not free to leave the room? Do the same rules apply as for someone who is not incarcerated? This was the question before the U.S. Supreme Court in Howes v. Fields.
Instructions
For this discussion:
Visit Howes v. Fields page (link given in the resources) on Oyez.
Click Oral Argument – October 04, 2011 under Media.
Listen to the first 4 minutes of oral argument with Attorney Bursch and Justice Sonia Sotomayor to set the tone for the basis of this case.
Click Opinion Announcement – February 21, 2012 under Media.
Listen to the Opinion Announcement.
Do any additional research that you feel is necessary for the case of Howes v. Fields using the Oyez Web site or the Capella Library.
In your main post:
Summarize the background of Howes v. Fields and the court decision.
Explain the effect Howes v. Fields might have on a correctional officer in the performance of his or her job.
Describe how an inmate might use the decision in Howes v. Fields to his or her advantage.
Outline how a correctional officer might use the decision in Howes v. Fields to his or her advantage.
Discussion Objectives
The competencies addressed in this discussion are supported by discussion objectives:
Competency 4: Analyze criminal justice issues. 
Summarize the background of Howes v. Fields and the court decision.
Explain the effect Howes v. Fields might have on a correctional officer in the performance of his or her job.
Describe how an inmate might use the decision in Howes v. Fields to his or her advantage.
Outline how a correctional officer might use the decision in Howes v. Fields to his or her advantage.



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Final Project
Introduction
The purpose of the final project is to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate:

Your familiarity with the topics discussed in this course;
Your ability to apply this knowledge to a real-world issue;
Your capabilities to gather and analyze readily-available information about a public affairs problem; and
Your competence in developing a plan of action that could serve as a proposal for further research on a selected issue related to your program of study.
The goal you should focus upon in the final project is to develop a well-organized document that serves as a proposal for examining a public affairs problem related to your program of study. Your proposal should serve as the preliminary document that you might submit to a government agency to seek support for a research project. Please note, you are not being asked to actually complete an original research project.

Your assignment is to construct a Research Proposal related to a public affairs problem related to your program of study (a problem in your primary or secondary areas of emphasis). This proposal could be a community-based problem or an organizational-based problem, utilizing case study methodology. The community or organization you select could be one in which you currently live or work in or have previously lived or worked in. You should have some familiarity with the community or organization you select. For example, you will use commonly available data about your selected community (economic development data, census data, or government records) to establish the need for research. Additionally, you will provide a review of the relevant literature from sources you select that support your research proposal. Again, keep in mind that you do not have to actually conduct the research project, but rather you are creating a rationale for why such a research project is needed.

The following elements must be included in your proposal, arranged as suggested by Creswell (2014) in Chapter 4.

Introduction    Literature Review    Procedures    Other
Statement of Problem (may include literature review or mini review)

Purpose of the Study 

At least one research
question, with at least two subquestions

May be included in another section

Must include 10-12 reputable sources

Qualitative or mixed- methods research strategy

Role of the researcher

Data collection procedures

Definitions as needed

Anticipated ethical issues

Significance of the study



Final Project: Research Proposal and Research Presentation
Research Proposal
Students select a topic to complete a qualitative or mixed methods research proposal, utilizing case study methodology. Creswell, Chapter 4, especially example 4.1 (p.78), provides the general required components of the research proposal. In addition, the proposal is required to have:

12-15 double spaced pages of research
10-12 literature review sources
Reference and title pages (do not count toward page count)
Appendixes as needed (do not count toward page count)
Headers and subheaders are encouraged

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Assignment 4: Presenting for the Future

Due Week 10 and worth 150 points

In this last assignment, you will present on the issue you identified in Assignment 1 and provide your recommendations to improve or resolve the issue.

Create a ten to twelve (10-12) slide presentation in which you:

Create a title slide and references section (as indicated in the format requirements below).
Narrate each slide, using a microphone, indicating what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience. Note: If you do not have access to a microphone, then you should provide detailed speaker notes with your presentation.
Summarize the issue you selected in Assignment 1.
Summarize the primary ways that organizational, human, and budget resources impact the issue.
Summarize the primary ways that policy and politics impacts the issue.
Summarize the ethical concerns surrounding the issue.
Summarize the relationship of constitutional law to the issue.
Provide two (2) recommendations to resolve or improve the issue.
Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
Include a reference slide containing the sources that were consulted while completing research on the selected topic, listed in APA format. The reference slide is not included in the required slide length.
Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, two to three (2-3) colors, two to three (2-3) fonts, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.
Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Reconstruct the historical development of the field of public administration.
Rearrange public administration, both the traditional and the new approaches, from structural, functional, and process perspectives, as well as the key goals of the public and private sector.
Evaluate the role and functions of public administration as it relates to executive branches of government and public policies at federal, state, and local levels.
Organize the concepts of public budgeting and policy formation essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
Organize the concepts of planning and human resource management essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
Compose the concepts of public leadership and management essential to the study of public administration.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in public administration.
Write clearly and concisely about public administration using proper writing mechanics.

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Essay Question As Lindgren J in Re Mad Canoe Advertising Pty Ltd (in liq) [2009] FCA 625 questioned, can a trustee who has been disqualified from holding office (outside the context of statutory disqualification) continue to validly act as a trustee? If so, what powers and duties can they exercise in such circumstances? Do you consider that the law in this regard is satisfactory? If not, how would you change it? You should support your argument by detailed reference to at least three other cases.

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One of the most confusing aspects of wrongful convictions is the concept of false confessions. Why would someone admit to something they didn’t do? For this assignment, we will once again go the Innocence Project website: http://www.innocenceproject.org/causes/false-confessions-admissions/ Watch the video about false confessions, and write a one page reaction paper about what you have viewed. What did you learn about how and why false confessions occur? Do you think this is a problem- why or why not? Do you agree or disagree with the Innocence Project’s proposed solutions to this problem?

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1. Choose an issue area in which there is a body of international law. Which type of enforcement mechanism do you think best explains why states largely comply with treaties in that issue area? Explain, why? 2. Choose an issue area in which there is non-cooperation between states. Why do we not see cooperation and what mechanisms do you think need to be put in place or improved in order bring about cooperation? 3. Choose an area of cooperation between states and explain why and what are effectively bringing it about?

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Review the Officer Robert Barton case study in Ch. 12 of Organizational Behavior and Management in Law Enforcement (page 343). Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that answers all the case study questions that follow. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. CASE STUDY Officer Robert Barton Officer Barton joined a big city police department six years ago. He was a high school graduate from a middle-class family in a small town. His parents spoke French, English, and Spanish, and he was fluent in all three languages. His first six months in the department (after the academy) was an eye-opener and somewhat of a cultural shock. At first he was lost, and he had some difficulty in adjusting to the lifestyles of a big city. It soon became apparent that the police had bonds of loyalty and secrecy and that there was a general feeling of “us against them.” He found that he was part of a subculture that demanded a high level of esprit de corps and solidarity. It was soon apparent that the officers he worked with viewed themselves as the “thin blue line.” His fellow officers that were in his academy class came from varying backgrounds, and most of them had lived in metropolitan areas all of their lives. They shared diverse values, attitudes, and perspectives. Slowly but surely the officers felt the need to belong and assimilated the new subculture, and in relatively short time, they became comfortable interacting with one another. They became a source of mutual support to each other. Robert Barton, like most of his peers, started out slowly and was somewhat overawed by the total process, but in time he began to think, act, and feel like a cop. He wanted to be a good cop. His goals were to preserve the peace and to protect people and society from criminals. Barton placed a relatively high value on individual rights and due process of law. He really wanted to protect and serve, but with the reality of the street and the social status that he sought, within the group, he quickly accepted the normsand values of his peers and of his field training officers (FTO). Barton was a good candidate for the socialization process and quickly learned the importance of going along with the flow. The taboos were readily apparent such as failure to back up an officer who is in danger and above all exhibit bravery in the face of danger or suffer the consequences and be ostracized by the group. Barton also learned that his immediate sergeant would be the most important in his life while working. This proved to be especially true during the two-year probationary period. After three years in the patrol division, Officer Barton was reassigned. He was placed in a Joint Gang Task Force, which consisted of 26 investigators and 1 supervisor from 6 jurisdictions who formed a tightly knit work group. This was a group that was just organized, and he wanted to become a full-fledged member of the group. It consisted of a homogeneous and cohesive group of bilingual people who identified with each other and shared a unique set of values, attitudes, and beliefs related to their job. Based on continual face-to face interaction among themselves and with gang members, they soon became a viable component in the effort to control gang activities. It was immediately apparent that the task force rewarded loyalty, secrecy, and conformity to group-shared expectations. Their highest priority was to suppress gang activity to reduce the occurrence of gang-related crimes. Some of the activities the task force performed skirted the law, and it was not uncommon that they conducted illegal searches and stopped many individuals who were not known to have a gang affiliation. In other instances, arrests were made without probable cause, and many suspected gang members were booked and then released. In other words, get them off of the street. Although Bob Barton tried to remain neutral and adhere to his set of personal values, he needed recognition, support, and approval from the group. Subconsciously, he wanted to be a “stand-up guy,” and he felt compelled to sacrifice his standards to achieve acceptance and status from the work group. Membership in the group became an end in itself. Abstract notions of right and wrong became irrelevant to him. Integrity consisted of loyalty to and protection of the group. The rationalization was that no one really got hurt, and there was a real need to preserve peace in the communities. Using concepts related to groups and group dynamics, explain what happened in this situation. When does group cohesiveness cease to be positive and become pathological? Are subcultures in police work inevitable? Explain. What steps might you take, as a police administrator, to prevent this from occurring?

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Scenario: You are a top manager at a large hotel chain. The hotel needs its carpets cleaned. A vendor has provided you with a written proposal (offer) to clean the hotel carpets at a very competitive price. Later, the vendor follows up with a telephone call to you to make sure you received his offer. In the conversation with you, the vendor states that if it gets the contract, will do your home carpets once a year as a thank-you.