Due Date: 11:59 pm EST, Sunday of Unit 5
Points: 100
There are many times that a police officer will interact with the community. One position
within the department is the Public Information Officer (PIO). This person interacts with
the public about events, incidents in the community, respond on social media, and is the
department’s overall face with the community. In this assignment, you will take on the
role of the PIO to answer the community’s questions in a public forum.
Scenario: You are an officer for your local police department and just got a new Police
Chief. The Chief is not savvy with social media and has selected you to be the Public
Information Officer (PIO). The PIO’s job is to speak to the public about events, incidents,
respond to social media inquiries, and be the department’s face. There is a Facebook
live event occurring at your department in which citizens will ask questions about things
that are going on. This will take some research on your part, so look up your police
department, their workforce, and your geographical statistics for your town/city, if
applicable. Sometimes being the PIO is like testifying in court without being in court!
As the PIO, answer the following questions. The citizens have come to the meeting with
the following questions for you to address:
• What is your department’s stance on crime? Is there anything that they can be
doing differently now than they have before? Explain.
• We are concerned with actions by police officers occurring around the country.
What do you think your department can do to keep us at ease?
• In what ways can your department be more productive and interactive with us in
the community? What are some suggestions and steps that could be taken?
• Officers have been found in the past to have been violating the social media
policy and posting inappropriate comments in other nearby departments. What is
your department’s stance on officer’s use of social media, and what will you do to
ensure that officers’ personal opinions do not get involved in city/town politics?
• Submit a Word document in APA format.
CRJ311– Effective Communications for
Criminal Justice Professions
Answering to the Community
• Maximum three pages in length, excluding the Title and Reference pages.
• At least two resources.
Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before
you write and again after you write.
CRITERIA Deficient Needs
Improvement
Proficient Exemplary
0 – 9 points 10 – 13 points 14 – 16 points 17 points
Department’s
Stance on
Crime
Does not
clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Somewhat
clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Mostly clearly
and accurately
addresses the
question.
Clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
0 – 9 points 10 – 12 points 13 – 15 points 16 points
Actions by
Police
Officers
Does not
clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Somewhat
clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Mostly clearly
and accurately
addresses the
question.
Clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Department
Interaction
with the
Community
Does not
clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Somewhat
clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Mostly clearly
and accurately
addresses the
question.
Clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Use of Social
Media
Does not
clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Somewhat
clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
Mostly clearly
and accurately
addresses the
question.
Clearly and
accurately
addresses the
question.
0 – 5 points 6 – 7 points 8 – 9 points 10 points
Resources 0 resources or
resources are
not relevant
n/a 1 relevant
resource
2 relevant
resources
Paper Length More than 3
pages
n/a n/a 3 pages or less
0 – 8 points 9 – 11 points 12 – 14 points 15 points
Clear and
Professional
Writing and
APA Format
Errors impede
professional
presentation;
guidelines not
followed.
Significant erro
rs that do not
impede
professional
presentation.
Few errors that
do not impede
professional
presentation.
Writing and
format are
clear,
professional,
APA compliant,
and error free.
These instructions will guide you in uploading a personal video to YouTube and sharing the link to your video.
• Use your phone, tablet, or computer to record your video.
• Upload the video to YouTube.
• Be sure to set your video as “unlisted” so only those with the link can view it. Once the course is over,
you can set the video to “private” so no one can view it or delete it.
• Once your video is uploaded to YouTube, click the SHARE option, and copy the video URL.
• For a discussion post, paste the URL
where you want the video to appear in
the text and hit Enter. The video will be
replaced with an embedded video.
• For an assignment, paste the YouTube
URL into the comments box.
• Click Submit.
Post a personal YouTube Video in Blackboard
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57407?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
