POP Guide Assignment
The POP Guides provide insights into problems that police departments have encountered and have addressed. The guides allow agencies to address similar issues in their own communities without having to reinvent the wheel or utilize an approach that has proven ineffective.
For this assignment, you will be completing an online simulation dealing with street-level prostitution in an area of a city. This simulation allows you to dive into the process of identifying a problem and analyzing what needs to be done to solve the problem. This simulation is very well done and will provide an excellent base of knowledge regarding this method of crime prevention/response. The simulation will take 1-2 hours so plan accordingly.
In the first phase of the simulation, you are allotted a “research budget”. It costs units to interview people, access reports, maps, etc. You will not be able to interview everyone or see all of the sources of information. Be deliberate and think critically about what will provide the most value. There is a short quiz to move on to the second half so you must pay attention to what you learn. TAKE NOTES!
In the second half of the simulation, you are given an additional budget to plan a response. Your response options are tied to the information you unlocked in the first half of the simulation. Once you develop a plan, you will submit it to the mayor. You will receive a response from a “year later” describing how your plan worked.
Once completed, write a short essay (2-3 pages) providing a brief synopsis of what you did during the research/analysis stage, your plan of action, and the results provided by the simulation. You will also analyze your own performance.
The essay must also answer these questions:
What worked and what did not? Why?
What did you miss and why?
What might you do differently if you did it a second time?
What assumptions did you make about the problem and how to fix it?
The goal of this simulation is not to judge you on your performance but rather to have you engage in critical thinking and self-reflection
You will need to create an account in order to play the simulation. The link below will bring you to the simulation:
https://popcenter.asu.edu/learning/prostitution/login
Category: crime prevention principles
https://blackboard.fvtc.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-14537210-dt-content-rid-97937579_2/xid-97937579_2
For this assignment, you will choose one of the provided case studies. These are very large reports and you are certainly not expected to read the entire report. Review the case study and look for answers to the following questions:
Were there any “red flags” prior to the incident? If yes, how were they addressed? Could anything else have been done?
(For this first question, you will most likely need to research articles online that specifically address red flags that may have preceded the incident.)
What measures, if any, were in place (at the location of the incident) to reduce the risk of an active threat incident?
Were there any concerns regarding the police response that were discussed? If so, what was the suggested remedy?
What were 2-3 takeaways from this review that could be implemented by security/law enforcement when dealing with future events?
This is an essay assignment. Complete the assignment in Word or Google Docs or similar. The length is dependent on what it takes to adequately answer the questions above. Cite sources on the last page of the essay (no preference for MLA or APA).
You are to create an informational poster or infoposter warning of the dangers of the scam/fraud of your choosing. This poster would be something that you could place on a department’s social media site or post in their lobby to warn citizens about how to recognize and avoid becoming a victim of a particular scam.
The poster should:
Be colorful and use visuals (pictures, charts, graphs)
Contain useful, current facts
Explain what the scam/fraud is
Explain the methods the scammer uses to victimize citizens
Explain how to best avoid becoming a victim to the scam
List how to report a scam
The poster can be made in Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Google Slides/Docs, or any other suitable digital method.
Here is a website to get an idea of what an infographic/infoposter looks like http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/