Research the best practices related to diversity hiring and develop a department policy. Include interviews with your local law enforcement leaders to determine how they are addressing this issue.

POLICY DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNMENT

Research paper

As the policy manager for your law enforcement organization, research the best practices related to diversity hiring and develop a department policy. This research should include interviews with your local law enforcement leaders to determine how they are addressing this issue. The Final Project: Part 1 – Policy Development Assignment requires you to determine the need for the policy, establish the justification for having such a policy, and presenting a statement of the problem as you would with any proposal.

Write as if you are trying to convince  your chief of the need for having a diversity hiring policy. You should also provide an overview  of the policy components, a background of the problem, and basic goals for the policy.

Final Project: Part 1 – Policy Development Assignment should be 3 pages in length, not including title and reference pages, written in APA format, include an introduction, and provide at least two peer-reviewed references.

Acceptable sources for reference include University Library Resources and police department web pages (for best practices).

You do not need an abstract for this assignment.

For the Final Project: Part 1 – Policy Development Assignment you need not include the results from any interviews with law enforcement leaders.