How are public safety agencies preparing their employees to accurately evaluate response methods related to rapidly changing environments and communities?
You will conduct a thorough Literature Review to explore the different methods used by public safety agencies (Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Homeland Security, Military Police, etc.) for preparing their employees to accurately evaluate response methods related to changing environments and communities. The changing environments and communities may include issues such as changes in technology, changings in workforce, changes in budget funding and sustainability, etc.
You will also select one public safety agency to profile in detail their methods for preparing their employees to accurately evaluate response methods to changing environments and communities.
Note: You may use the same agency as in Research Mini-Project #1.
Required Sections For Your Mini-Research Project:
Title page (Not included in page count)
Table of Contents (Not included in page count)
Abstract (Not included in page count)
Section 1- Introduction and Literature Review
Section 2 - Field Research and Investigation
Section 3 - Analysis of Field Research and Investigative Findings
Section 4 - Reflection
Reference List (Not included in page count)
What Information Should Be Included in Sections 1 - 4?
The Introduction - Provides the reader with an overview of what your paper will be discussing.
The Literature Review - Highlight of the relevant literature associated with your research question.
Research Question - Will be assigned by the professor.
Field Research and Investigation - The information acquired by examining one public safety agency and how the agency is accomplishing the specific program goal. This information can be extracted through interviews, e-mails, documentation, agency website, articles, etc.
Analysis of Field Research and Investigative Findings - What did you find out? How are the findings related to information in your literature review?
Reflection - Reveal your personal insight (views & feelings) about what you have learned about the topic and the process you used to explore the topic.
The submission should be a minimum of 4 pages and no more than 6 pages. A title page, abstract and reference list are required but do not count as pages. Students must support their findings using viable sources and document the sources in APA format. All documents are to be created in Microsoft Word, double spaced, New Times Romans, paginated and all sections labeled with the above titles.