Prepare a minimum 10-page agency report that analyzes issues confronted in a police department setting. Please check the Final Report Rubric in the syllabus and read the instructions below.
You are a data analyst in the Police Department of Formdale (imaginary city), California. The 2020 Census had the city population at 124,564.
Your task is to write a Report that includes the most important crime and department-related statistics. You don’t need to use all available data. It’s up to you what you pick for the report. You can use any technique we learned during the semester. You are free to clean, recode or collapse variables to make them more suitable for the analysis. Use academic articles to support your argument. You can find a list of recommended articles in Course Materials.
The min 10-page report should have 7 main sections:
Executive summary (1 page)
Introduction (1 page)
Department characteristics, workforce demographics (2 pages)
Crime statistics in Formdale (2 pages)
Community Engagement (2 pages)
Conclusions & Recommendations (1 page)
Reference List (APA Style) (1 page)
Create multiple charts and tables to summarize and visualize your data. Each chart/table should be interpreted in text. Analyze trends if data are available for multiple years.
Create charts in Excel and copy-paste them to your main Word document. Submit your Excel file (showing your work) and final report as a Word or PDF file.
Google other police department reports to get some ideas. But don’t copy their exact structure because they typically use long PR narratives to describe and advertise the department. Your focus should be on data and facts.
formatting criteria
Report meets the minimum length (min. 10 pages) and formatting criteria. It includes the following sections:
– Executive summary
– Introduction
– Department characteristics & workforce demographics
– Crime statistics in Formdale
– Community engagement
– Conclusions & recommendations
– Reference List (APA Style)
– Format: 12 pt, Times New Roman font, double spaced
