18 Nov FINAL PROJECT: DIVERSITY HIRING POLICY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

FINAL PROJECT: DIVERSITY HIRING POLICY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

Law Enforcement Agencies must be flexible and able to respond to societal demands. Leaders for social change advocate for police departments that mirror their constituents in terms of ethnicity, race, gender, and in other areas. This challenges leaders to develop innovative methods of recruiting and hiring. The final project will consist of three separate assignments that focus on identifying the need for a diversity hiring policy within law enforcement agencies. Part II asks you to develop the recruiting, hiring, and training components of the policy. Law Enforcement Organizations face an increasing struggle with hiring police officers. Additionally, there is a need to consider assembling a police force that resembles the communities that are being served. An increased focus on civil liberties, the rise to prominence of advocacy groups such as Black Lives Matter and police-involved shootings have all combined to create an urgency for law enforcement agencies to be responsive to the need for diversity within the force.

INSTRUCTIONS

For this Part II of the assignment you will continue your search of best practices for diversity hiring, conduct at least one interview with a law enforcement leader, and find at least two peer-reviewed articles that address the need for and practice of, hiring for diversity. Your interview may be telephonic if that is more convenient and should include the following questions, at a minimum:

1. Do you have a specific policy for hiring for diversity? No

2. Do you feel there is a need for such a policy? Yes, I feel as though there is a need for such a policy in order to ensure a level playing field for all recruits.

3. Does the policy address recruiting, hiring and training? No

4. If #1 is yes, how does your agency assess the policy’s efficacy?

5. If #1 is no, do you have any plans for such a policy? Not at the moment we do not but are in discussion about changing the policy we have in place

6. What have been the impacts of your policy? Even though we don’t have it in our policy for diversity we have had adequate amounts of diversity in our applications for recruit but it could be better if it was well known. Which is why we look to have discussions on our policy in the near future.

Beyond the interview, Part II requires you to develop a recruiting plan that identifies goals for diversity hiring, specific measures for achieving the goals, and includes the individual elements that make up the hiring process. Examples of this include psychiatric examination and written testing. Finally, this assignment asks you to address academy training and any specific components that would address diversity within the curriculum.

• Part II should be 3-5 pages, written in APA format, and include at least two peer-reviewed references and one interview with a law enforcement leader.

• Acceptable sources for references are peer reviewed journal articles such as those contained in the Liberty University Library. These articles should be published within the past five years unless they are classic or seminal works.

• In addition to 3-5 pages of content, make sure to include a title and reference page.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool.