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CRJ 430:Advanced Law Enforcement

Week 7 Discussion

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"Undercover Operations"  Please respond to the following:

· It is well known that undercover operations can be very dangerous for officers. Identify three (3) possible dangers that officers involved in undercover investigations might face. Next, suggest the mitigating actions that officers can take in order to reduce the dangers in question. Provide a rationale for your response.

· Imagine you are the director of a transit police department that is charged with securing both rail and bus services. Statistics show that you have major occurrences of robberies, juvenile violence, and illegal drug activities not only on the buses and trains operated by the transit authority, but also at the hubs where passengers migrate to board and transfer as they travel. Propose one (1) overall strategy in which you combine problem-oriented policing and investigation to tackle the identified issues. Provide a rationale for your response.

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Part2:

Theresa Thompson

RE: Week 7 Discussion

Good morning Professor,

One of the dangers and officer could face will performing uncover duties is:

1. They put their lives in danger while being undercover and risk their covers being blown which then could result in bodily harm or death. Moreover, the officer could be new and inexperienced at the task they are performing which then could also result in unknown danger to the officer.Once the assignment is completed they may have to go into witness protection.

2. The officers family can also be put at risk for this job because the job can involve the officers complete life on or off the job.

3.Officers may become what they started out pretending to be. They may get so consumed in what operation they are performing and in reality get involved with criminal activity.

Transit authority policing:K

As a transit director I would enlist the help of the transit police to assess the areas where crime is taking place and collect data on the number of crimes being committed and have them set up stake outs in the hot spots and make sure that the CCTV are working properly in order to get video evidence of a crime being committed. Also I would have fixed transit patrols along with K-9 patrols.

  https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/organized-crime/module-8/key-issues/special-investigative-techniques/undercover-operations.html

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/60283NCJRS.pdf

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