CJ 331: Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric

Milestone Two will address the critical elements in section II of the final project, entitled Organization Transformation. Review the Final Project Document, think about the scenario, and formulate answers and solutions you would recommend to solve the problem. Keep your answers clear, effective, and focused on the basic ideas you want to offer.

a. Explain the overarching purpose in the alignment of community policing ideals and effective patrol principles throughout your entire agency. How do these ideals affect interpersonal interactions?

b. Recommend strategies for aligning community policing ideals and effective patrol principles in the recruitment and hiring departments in your agency. How can these ideals be systematically incorporated into the processes of recruitment, selection, and hiring? How can you work with employees in this department to support the process of alignment?

c. Recommend strategies for aligning community policing and patrol ideals into the training and evaluation processes in your agency. How can supervisors tie performance evaluations to community policing principles? What support will be needed to train your officers and agency stakeholders?

d. Recommend strategies for aligning community policing and patrol ideals into the command structure of the agency. How will this initiative impact your frontline officers?

Guidelines for Submission: Module Two must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Organization

Transformation: Alignment

Meets “Proficient” criteria and explanation is well supported with examples

Explains the purpose of alignment of community policing ideals and effective patrol principles throughout the entire agency and how the alignment will affect interpersonal interactions

Explains the purpose of alignment of community policing ideals and effective patrol principles throughout the entire agency but does not provide details about how the alignment will affect interpersonal interactions or explanation lacks clarity or is incorrect

Does not explain the purpose of alignment of community policing ideals and effective patrol principles throughout the entire agency and how the alignment will affect interpersonal interactions

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Organization Transformation:

Recruitment and Hiring

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides concrete examples to support recommendations

Recommends strategies for aligning community policing ideals and effective patrol principles in the recruitment and hiring departments, providing

Recommends strategies for aligning community policing ideals and effective patrol principles in the recruitment and hiring departments, but

Does not recommend strategies for aligning community policing ideals and effective patrol principles in the recruitment and hiring

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details for systematically incorporating ideals into the processes of recruitment, selection, and hiring

does not provide details for systematically incorporating ideals into the processes of recruitment, selection, and hiring, or recommendations lack clarity or contain inaccuracies

departments

Organization Transformation: Training

and Evaluation

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides concrete examples to support recommendations

Recommends strategies for aligning community policing and patrol ideals into training and evaluation, providing details about tying performance evaluations to community policing principles and the supports needed to train officers and agency stakeholders

Recommends strategies for aligning community policing and patrol ideals into training and evaluation, but does not provide details about tying performance evaluations to community policing principles or on the supports needed to train officers and agency stakeholders, or recommendations lack clarity or contain inaccuracies

Does not r