Research innovative methods for obtaining funding for a law enforcement organization. Write a paper on those methods and how they can be used to supplement police budgets in these tough economic times. The self-test for this type of academic exercise is to ask yourself: Does the research I have found and the paper I have produced add to or strengthen the knowledge pool on the topic I am exploring or does it simply restate the premise of what I have found in my own words? The latter is a graduate school policy paper, the former a high school book report.