Respond to these two students as a student, due not grade or critique just add the the discussion

First response to Christopher

My thoughts on the comparison between intelligence gathering and academic research are that they are not one in the same, however, they do share a number of similarities that cannot be overlooked. They both center around a gathering of knowledge to use in the preparation of a project. The key to either is the accuracy of the knowledge gathered and how recently it was published or last updated. Also with both types the need for the information to be independently verified by many different sources makes the information more credible and worth more to what ever project it is to be used for. The major difference between the two are the consequences associated with gathering wrong information. In academic research the worst that can happen to you is you get a bad grade or expelled from the academic institution, with intelligence gathering the consequences are much higher. The least severe would of course be that it was a waste of time and resources, but on the far end of the spectrum you have loss of lives and even the loss of the sovereignty of your country. 

Second Response to Dava

On the surface, homeland security is the protection of our nation and its citizens. Confusion comes from not being able to narrow down what comprises Homeland Security with a nice neat bow. Homeland Security is much more complex than that; it’s not a rigid corporation, but rather a fluid conglomerate evolving as societies and new threats surface. Homeland Security is a multifaceted entity with a magnitude of components that all have to work together to ensure cohesion while reducing linkage blindness. Homeland Security is not limited to just the federal level—not only do both state and local levels play an active role in protecting the public, but neighboring countries and our allies contribute as well. What often comes to mind in terms of Homeland Security are threats to our nation’s security from outside entities; however, there are various types of threats that can compromise our security. These threats can range from foreign terrorists to natural disasters. Because of this, Homeland Security must be proactive as well as reactive in order to effectively handle a crisis or event.

You are a senior manager at a highly profitable equipment manufacturing organization. You and other senior leaders have decided to partner with an international company on several projects of mutual interest.

Your company is headquartered in the United States. Your new partner will be located in one of the following countries:

• Saudi Arabia
• China
• Japan
• India
• Brazil

Pick 1 of these countries to research. Prior to sending your team to the country you selected, you will need to train your staff on certain aspects of their culture that impact business interactions. Present information on each of the following topics for your chosen international partner country, and compare and contrast to American cultural practices where necessary:

1. Geographic and demographic information
2. Basic business etiquette (e.g., forms of address or greeting, working hours, punctuality, distinctions between genders and age groups, gift-giving, and so on)
3. Dress code
4. Language(s) spoken, verbal and nonverbal communication
5. Dining norms
6. Religion(s) observed
7. Holidays observed

Present this information, with appropriate pictures and graphics, in a PowerPoint presentation intended for your company staff. Generally, the main topics or bullet points should appear on the slides with supporting visuals, while the Speaker Notes area should be used to go into more depth regarding these main topics. Your presentation should consist of a minimum of 12 slides, including a title slide, an introductory slide, a conclusions slide, and a references slide. 

Use the following resources for assistance:

• Access the template provided, or create your own slideshow following the requirements listed above.
• Refer to the Microsoft Office Web site for assistance with PowerPoint. 
• The Smarthinking resource is also available to assist you with the basics of the PowerPoint tool.

Use at least 2 sources when researching information on your chosen country. Remember to use credible, current sources to support your presentation (use the attached for conducting the TRAP test). Use APA reference and citation format for the sources that you use. Place citations on the relevant slides with one or two slides at the end for your reference list.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, course resource lists, scholarly internet sources, and all course materials. 

Explain how  position has changed your perception or understanding?

The media portrayal of the relationship between juveniles and police are not accurate, in my professional opinion.  The media often portrays the bad that occurs, even as it relates to juvenile crime and involvement with police.  This, I feel is more national media, but how the national media goes, so the local media follows it seems. 

Even though I think the portrayal isn’t accurate or reflect the relationship we have, it does help us build that relationship, at least to me and my agency. The media utilizes many approaches when reporting but none has the effect or draw as stories that draw out emotions in the audience.  Focusing on emotionally driven stories and feeding that emotion to the masses is a way for higher viewership, increased sales and a way to sway the public toward a goal or decision.

Just about every couple year’s a story is covered nationally which spurs the local media to pick up and do a local story that builds off that national story, or parents that then see it and call police to say how horrible law enforcement is and they hope we do training so it doesn’t happen here.  The type of story is the handling of an autistic or special needs student by law enforcement.  The story usually results in the special needs or autistic child being arrested and how horrible the handling was and the media focuses on the cries of the child or the emotional interview with a parent.  Recently the stories also include video as our society is quick to record almost anything that occurs.

The story that I remember was the arrest of a 10-year-old in Florida in 2017 that was arrested, handcuffed and spent a night in jail. (Fox News 2017)  The mother recorded the arrest and the emotional cries of her child are present in the video as well as her emotions in her interviews.  After this story became national news, I received calls from our local media to comment on the story and also that parents had concerns over our ability to properly deal with autistic children.

I would say this reflects a negative image of our relationships but that isn’t the type of relationship we have with our local youth.  In this situation the media approaches local law enforcement to get a comment by local police on the handling of the situation by another agency. 

This does allow time to provide information to the media and the public on the training we provide our staff, especially our school resource officer, in dealing with autistic and special needs students.  It also allows for us to brag about our working relationship with our local schools and the parents of our autistic children as well as the great relationship we have with our special needs and autistic children.

We participate in meetings and planning/teaching sessions with our school partners, the parents and therapists/psychologists to ensure everyone reacts properly and deals with the child in the best possible way.  We make sure our day time staff and school resource officers have frequent positive interactions with autistic children so the two know each other, feel comfortable with each other.  We make sure triggers or issues the autistic child may face during the day are minimized and we don’t touch, grab or make statements that are seen as triggers or that escalate an outburst by the child should it occur. 

We have seen a great deal of success with this over the years and have reduced our involvement in these situations drastically by being proactive in this approach.  Another benefit is that each time this type of media coverage or parental inquiry occurs we are reminded to update our policies and procedures and ensure any new staff is provided the needed training.

They have on occasion covered a positive story about our proactive approach with youth, but it isn’t as “newsworthy” I guess so the good stories about law enforcement and our interaction with juveniles usually don’t go anywhere and if it doesn’t that is fine, we provide information such as this to our public at public gatherings and events so they understand the proactive approach we have with the school.  We have learned we don’t need the media to paint the picture to our community of our involvement and relationship with our youth, we have other means to get that story and picture to the public.  Social Media and public events speak greater about this than does the media.

Fox News (2017, April 20). 10-year-old autistic boy arrested on school grounds for kicking educator. Retrieved from https://www.foxnews.com/us/10-year-old-autistic-boy-arrested-on-school-grounds-for-kicking-educator

SCENARIO #1

You are a police officer who notices 3 suspicious males loitering outside a convenience store.  Further observation of the males shows they appear to be nervous.  You approach them and completely restrict their movement.  After a pat down you find weapons.  To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #2

You are a rookie police officer in your first month on the job.  You are working night patrol when you notice what appears to be a homeless individual sleeping outside a business.  You approach the individual and tell him to wake up.  As soon as he wakes up you do a pat down of his outer clothing for officer safety.  You feel something inside his pants pocket that feels suspicious, but you are not certain what it is. You can tell however, that it is not a weapon. To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #3

You work on the SWAT team for your local Sheriff’s Office.  You receive a tip that a suspected felon is hiding out in a nearby residence.  You, along with your team, go the location.  The resident opens the door after you knock and you demand to come inside to look for the suspect.  The resident asks to see a warrant and you pull out a piece of blank paper and wave it in his face.  The resident still will not let you in and demands a real warrant.  You force your way inside and find obscene materials inside the house, but not the suspected felon.  To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #4

An anonymous person calls 911 to report a pickup truck with a license plate of 123 ABC that is attempting to run her off the road.  You receive the dispatch and immediately locate a truck that matches the description given by the caller. You follow the truck for 5 minutes but don’t notice any traffic violations.  You still decide to go ahead and stop the truck. Upon stopping the vehicle you smell the odor of green marijuana coming from the bed.  A search reveals 30 lbs of marijuana. To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #5

You are on the Crime Suppression Unit of a local police department.  You receive an anonymous tip that a young black male in a plaid shirt is carrying a gun at a bus stop.  You go to the bus stop, notice a group of 3 males, one of which is wearing a plaid shirt.  You do not observe any other criminal activity. You approach them and detain them for the purposes of frisking them.  Sure enough the boy in the plaid shirt is concealing a firearm.  To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #6

You are a seasoned detective in your local state investigations agency.  You use a thermal imaging device to scan a home where you suspect the residents are growing marijuana.  You do not first obtain a search warrant.  Based on the results of the thermal imaging device, you then go obtain a search warrant and locate over 100 pounds of marijuana plants inside the home.  To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #7

You work for the FBI.  You employ a federal inmate as an informant in the federal prison nearby.  That inmate approaches another who is suspected by the FBI of a murder.  The informant tells the inmate that he heard a rumor that other inmates are plotting his murder due to the fact that they think he killed a child.  Your informant offers to protect the inmate if he tells him the details of the crime.  He confesses to the child’s murder.  To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #8

You are a homicide detective.  You have arrested a man for the murder of a child.  Immediately upon arrest he was advised of his Miranda rights.  The body of the little girl has not yet been found.  You and your partner take the suspect out to drive around in your patrol vehicle. Without re-advising him of his rights, you begin to make the following statement: “It is almost Christmastime and it would be the Christian thing to do to see to it that the little girl had a proper burial rather than having to lay in a field somewhere.”  The man then leads you and your partner to the body.  To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #9

You are a detective in the 1960’s.  You decide to monitor a suspect’s calls from a glass phone booth by placing a monitoring device on the glass. You are able to hear some incriminating phone calls. To cuff or not to cuff?

SCENARIO #10

You are a police officer who suspects a man of murder. You bring him in for questioning which lasts for over 30 hours.  During the interrogation you shine a bright light in his direction but don’t physically harm him in any way.  You also make sure to provide him with food, water and cigarettes when he asks.  After almost 30 hours of questioning he makes an incriminating statement.  To cuff or not to cuff?

 Your task is to write a report for the Chief of Police Rodney Hurt. He will use the report for his news conference in regard to the public’s concern for the increase in crime over the past five years. In the report, you will include the following: 

1. A definition and description of the Uniform Crime Report. 

2. A description of the data-gathering strategy for your report and a rationale for why you chose this technique 

3. A discussion of the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town over the past five years. 

Your report should clearly describe all the details necessary for the Chief’s news conference. Your answers will be judged not only on the accuracy of the information you provide, but also on how thoroughly the information is covered, how effectively the report is organized, and how well your writing reflects the conventions of standard written English. While your personal values and experiences are important, please answer all the questions in this task solely on the basis of the information provided in the Document Library. (The Document Library is included in this assignment document.) 

Formatting Requirements: Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: 

● Be four pages typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one inch margins on all sides. All the information you need is in the Document Library. 

● Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, professor’s name, course title, and date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length. 

Self-Assessment Checklist: 

Use this to check your work before you submit your assignment: 

 My paper defines and describes the Uniform Crime Report. 

 My paper describes a data-gathering strategy and explains why I used this strategy.

  My paper discusses the crime trends comparing Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town over the past five years.