Project:  Training PowerPoint for Police Officers

Pretend you are a Police Academy instructor who needs to develop a PowerPoint presentation for police officers on an emerging technology that addresses a long-standing police issue.  Your choice of topics is as follows

Book title is Police technology by Raymond E. Foster

1. Video Recording of Police-Citizen Encounters/Body Cameras (Ch.15)

2. Video Recording of Police Interrogations (Ch.15)

3. Less-Lethal Use of Force Devices for Crowd Control (Ch.18 & 21)

4. Less-Lethal Use of Force Devices for Emotionally-Disturbed Individuals (Ch.18 & 21)

5. Vehicle Pursuits (Ch.18 & 21)

6. Gunfire Reduction Technology, e.g, ShotSpotter (Ch.18)

7. Problem Officers & Early Warning Systems (Ch.19)

8. Electronic Monitoring of Probationers and Parolees (Ch.21)

9. Facial Recognition Technology (Ch.21)

Begin by reading the relevant sections of your textbook, but don't be limited by what is covered; there have been great technological advances since the book was published.  The presentation should address the following questions:

A. What does the new technology do?

B. Why is it needed?  What long-standing police issue does this technology address?

C. How was the problem handled up to this point?

D. How does the technology work? (Don't get too technical.)

E. What are its strengths?

F. What are its weaknesses, risks, or unintended consequences?

At a minimum, the presentation should be 10 slides with at least 4 sources.