effective communication

Due Date: 11:59 pm EST, Sunday of Unit 5 Points: 100 Overview: There are many times that a police officer will interact with the community. One position within the department is the Public Information Officer (PIO). This person interacts with the public about events, incidents in the community, respond on social media, and is the department's overall face with the community. In this assignment, you will take on the role of the PIO to answer the community's questions in a public forum. Instructions: Scenario: You are an officer for your local police department and just got a new Police Chief. The Chief is not savvy with social media and has selected you to be the Public Information Officer (PIO). The PIO's job is to speak to the public about events, incidents, respond to social media inquiries, and be the department's face. There is a Facebook live event occurring at your department in which citizens will ask questions about things that are going on. This will take some research on your part, so look up your police department, their workforce, and your geographical statistics for your town/city, if applicable. Sometimes being the PIO is like testifying in court without being in court! As the PIO, answer the following questions. The citizens have come to the meeting with the following questions for you to address:

• What is your department's stance on crime? Is there anything that they can be doing differently now than they have before? Explain.

• We are concerned with actions by police officers occurring around the country. What do you think your department can do to keep us at ease?

• In what ways can your department be more productive and interactive with us in the community? What are some suggestions and steps that could be taken?

• Officers have been found in the past to have been violating the social media policy and posting inappropriate comments in other nearby departments. What is your department's stance on officer's use of social media, and what will you do to ensure that officers' personal opinions do not get involved in city/town politics?

Requirements:

• Submit a Word document in APA format.

CRJ311– Effective Communications for Criminal Justice Professions

Answering to the Community

• Maximum three pages in length, excluding the Title and Reference pages. • At least two resources.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Answering to the Community Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient Needs Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

0 – 9 points 10 – 13 points 14 – 16 points 17 points Department’s Stance on Crime

Does not clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Somewhat clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Mostly clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Clearly and accurately addresses the question.

0 – 9 points 10 – 12 points 13 – 15 points 16 points Actions by Police Officers

Does not clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Somewhat clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Mostly clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Department Interaction with the Community

Does not clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Somewhat clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Mostly clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Use of Social Media

Does not clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Somewhat clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Mostly clearly and accurately addresses the question.

Clearly and accurately addresses the question.

0 – 5 points 6 – 7 points 8 – 9 points 10 points Resources 0 resources or

resources are not relevant

n/a 1 relevant resource

2 relevant resources

Paper Length More than 3 pages

n/a n/a 3 pages or less

0 – 8 points 9 – 11 points 12 – 14 points 15 points Clear and Professional Writing and APA Format

Errors impede professional presentation; guidelines not followed.

Significant erro rs that do not impede professional presentation.

Few errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Writing and format are clear, professional, APA compliant, and error free.