Assignment:
Students will be expected to post their first initial discussion board posting by Friday of each week. Discussion posts will be graded and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus.
NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.Students are expected to post their responses to peers by Tuesday.
NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400 to 600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
In an effort to ensure efficiency in police organizations, various methods are put in place that delineate specific policies, procedures, regulations, and practices that affect all personnel in the performance of their assigned duties. What information management principles, such as data storage and retrieval principles, do you feel are most important in a law enforcement environment? Explain.
How would you effectively implement a data library for police officers that contained all necessary policies, procedures, and regulations? Explain in detail. Do you feel that this is practical? Why or why not?
What other types of information management would you introduce in a law enforcement environment? Explain in detail. How would you ensure its acceptance and use by the law enforcement officers? Explain.
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening.
To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
What did you learn from your classmate's posting? What additional questions do you have after reading the posting? What clarification do you need regarding the posting? What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?