POLICE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION PRSENTATION

Create a 12- to 15-slide presentation, with speaker notes, that analyzes police department organization. Include the following in the presentation:

• Identify major organizational theories associated with policing.
• Describe the organization of police agencies at the local, state, and federal level.
• Describe the civil service system and how it affects police organization.
• Select a city and imagine you are the police chief of a local agency in that city.
• How would you organize the department?
• Would it have many specialized units? Why? Which specialized units would it have?
• Would decision making be centralized or decentralized?

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.