Final Capstone ProjectAnnotated Bibliography

Review the Final Capstone Project instructions found within the Final CapstoneProject link. To help with the preparation of the proposal, complete thefollowing and submit it to your instructor for feedback:

• Topics:Select a topic of interest to you, in creating a Community DevelopmentPlan. See Final Capstone Project guidelines for instruction.  
• Thesis: Develop your thesis statement. This will become the point or perspective you willargue or prove in the paper. Please see the Ashford WritingCenter, within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigationtoolbar, for information on how to develop a solid thesis.
• APA Reference Page: For this paper you need to doresearch in peer-reviewed journals or other sources that are considered tohave reliable information.  Inaddition to the textbook, you need at leastfive professional scholarly sources. You are reminded of the AcademicResearch standards for all Ashford University Papers.

  Academic Research

  The paper must be two to three pages in length (excluding title andreference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least five scholarlyresources (at least two of which can be found in the Ashford OnlineLibrary) other than the textbook to support your claims and subclaims.Cite your resources in text and on the reference page.

Community Development PlanInstructions

You are the leader of your agency’splanning and research division and have been asked to present a criticalanalysis of policing as it will appear ten years into the future. Write areport based on peer reviewed

research. You must include thefollowing components in your Community Development Plan:

Personnel

a. What types of individuals wouldyou recruit? Why?

b. What type of education orexperience would be required? Why?

c. What type of training would beimplemented?

Why?

d. What type of ethical trainingwould be needed? Why?

e. What type of leadership trainingwill be needed? How will this be implemented?

f. How would you define and describethe current need for succession planning for future police leadership, and whatcan agencies and individuals do to meet these challenges?

g. Why is it important for policeleaders to study the future, and what approaches have been adopted by PoliceFuturists International for this purpose?

Crime and Demographics

a. What types of offenses and

offenders will predominate andchallenge the police? (choose 3)

b. How can we prepare to conquerthis type of criminal activity?

c. How do you think changingdemographics will affect law enforcement?

d. What are the projected changes indemographics?

e. How will the police have torespond to these changes? What new challenges does this bring to lawenforcement?

Community Policing and Problemsolving:

a. What will be needed to sustainthis type of effort? Include the types of personnel, and political supportnecessary.

b. Do you think it will be essentialfor police departments to leave the reactive, traditional method

of policing, and embrace the problemsolving approach in the future? Explain

Leadership

a. How would you define and describethe current need for succession planning for future police leadership, and whatcan agencies and individuals do to meet these challenges?

b. Why is it important for policeleaders to study the future, and what approaches have been adopted by PoliceFuturists International for this purpose?

Only using one of the four topics Personnel,Crime and Demographics, Community Policing and Problem solving, or leadership? Weare to pick one of those than write aannotated Bibliography that has aintroduction, thesis, five references, and conclusion with thesis stated last sentence,