CJUS 520 Policy Development Research Paper: Final Assignment Instructions Overview Review the feedback you received from your instructor for the Policy Development Draft. Make the necessary changes to your work and resubmit the Policy Development Research Paper: Final Assignment. Law enforcement organizations are facing a tremendous problem with social media. On one hand, social media such as Facebook, My Space, and Twitter can be extremely useful for effective and efficient communication. On the other hand, law enforcement executives are constantly facing situations in which employee misconduct is occurring through social media. Police officers are accessing social media from their workstations and patrol cars during their shifts. Police officers are posting information that is unbecoming for an officer as well as degrading and disrespectful to the profession. Police unions and police officer organizations such as the Fraternal Order of Police and the PBA are opposed to departmental policies that infringe on police officers’ constitutional rights. How do law enforcement organizations regulate the use of social media? Just about every major law enforcement organization has a Facebook account associated with the organization’s website. Therefore, should law enforcement organizations regulate individual officer’s social media activity? Instructions · As the policy manager for your law enforcement organization, please research the best practices related to the regulation of police officers’ use of social media and develop a department policy. This research should include interviews with your local law enforcement leaders to determine how they are addressing this issue. In addition, please read the “Social Media” study conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police; it can be found in the Policy Development Research Paper: Draft Resources section. The paper must consist of the following: · Minimum of 5 full pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference pages. · Minimum of at least 3 scholarly/governmental sources. · Current APA formatting. · Acceptable sources (course textbooks, academic books, peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last 5-10 years only).  This assignment requires that students follow a template. Students must review and follow the template carefully. Students must include a running header, title page, abstract (between 120-250 words), proper APA headings/subheadings and a reference page.  Please note that students are asked not to omit any of the bold headings that are already clearly named in the template.  Students are only asked to add/rename the APA headings/subheadings to keep the paper organized, and to insert their written content into the appropriate sections of the template.    Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. DNP Reflective Journal Template Comment by Katherine Fetter: Remove The Essentials of Reflective Practi ...

1. CJUS 520
Policy Development Research Paper: Final Assignment
Instructions
Overview
Review the feedback you received from your instructor for the
Policy Development Draft. Make the necessary changes to your
work and resubmit the Policy Development Research Paper:
Final Assignment.
Law enforcement organizations are facing a tremendous
problem with social media. On one hand, social media such as
Facebook, My Space, and Twitter can be extremely useful for
effective and efficient communication. On the other hand, law
enforcement executives are constantly facing situations in
which employee misconduct is occurring through social media.
Police officers are accessing social media from their
workstations and patrol cars during their shifts. Police officers
are posting information that is unbecoming for an officer as
well as degrading and disrespectful to the profession. Police
unions and police officer organizations such as the Fraternal
Order of Police and the PBA are opposed to departmental
policies that infringe on police officers’ constitutional rights.
How do law enforcement organizations regulate the use of
social media? Just about every major law enforcement
organization has a Facebook account associated with the
organization’s website. Therefore, should law enforcement
organizations regulate individual officer’s social media
activity?
Instructions
· As the policy manager for your law enforcement organization,
please research the best practices related to the regulation of
police officers’ use of social media and develop a department
policy. This research should include interviews with your local
law enforcement leaders to determine how they are addressing
this issue. In addition, please read the “Social Media” study

2. conducted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police;
it can be found in the Policy Development Research
Paper: Draft Resources section.
The paper must consist of the following:
· Minimum of 5 full pages excluding the title page, abstract, and
reference pages.
· Minimum of at least 3 scholarly/governmental sources.
· Current APA formatting.
· Acceptable sources (course textbooks, academic books, peer-
reviewed journal articles published within the last 5-
10 years only).
This assignment requires that students follow a template.
Students must review and follow the template carefully.
Students must include a running header, title page, abstract
(between 120-250 words), proper APA headings/subheadings
and a reference page. Please note that students are asked not to
omit any of the bold headings that are already clearly named in
the template. Students are only asked to add/rename the APA
headings/subheadings to keep the paper organized, and to insert
their written content into the appropriate sections of the
template.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the
Turnitin plagiarism tool.
DNP Reflective Journal Template Comment by Katherine
Fetter: Remove

3. The Essentials of Reflective Practice Comment by
Formatting Notes: The Reflective Essay should be formatted
according to APA 7th edition.
GENERAL FORMAT RULES:
The essay’s font must be 12-point Times New Roman typeface,
double-spaced on quality standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") with
1-inch margins on the top, bottom, and right side. To set this in
Word, go to:
Page Layout >
Page Setup>
Margins >
Custom Margins>
Top: 1” Bottom: 1”
Left: 1” Right: 1”
Click “Okay”
Page Layout>
Orientation>
Portrait>
NOTE: All text lines are double-spaced.
The first line of each paragraph is indented 0.5 inch.
Student Name
Grand Canyon University
DNP: XXX
Date Comment by Formatting Notes: Comment by
Formatting Notes: Course Assessment:
Your reflective journal will contribute to your final grade for

4. this subject and guide your comprehensive assessment in the
DNP course. The criterion for assessment is the satisfactory
completion of the task, i.e. making regular entry as required.
The outcome of this exercise is personal reflection and
evaluation
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The following reflection essay is an attestation of the nurse
scholar’s acquisition of the course objectives of Grand Canyon
University’s (GCU) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program
for DNP-XXX (Enter the Course #) and the competencies set
forth by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s
(AACN) Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing
Practice (American Associations of Colleges of Nursing, 2012).
From scientific underpinnings to project completion, the AACN
Essentials provide the core competencies for all nurses seeking
a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree. Comment by
Formatting Notes: PLEASE READ:
General Instructions for the Reflective Entries
Provide an introduction (no header) and prepare the reader for
what this reflection paper is about. Make sure to use a
scholarly approach and not use first person e.g. do not use me,
I, you.
The first section has no header or title. Please do not copy this
word for word. This is an example of how you can begin your
reflection introduction and prepare the reader for the content.
For this reflective journal, analyze your own professional
practice/skills/responses to provide a reflective summary that
describes how the experiences in this course have personally
enabled the DNP student to approach, attempt, or attain these
competencies in his or her current course. Provide an
introduction paragraph for this reflective essay to organize the
essay for the reader. Use a scholarly approach (i.e., third

5. person) in writing the reflective journal. This assignment is
designed to help you think deeply about your learning and how
you have achieved the competencies established by the AACN
Essentials. Share your approach to learning, the resources used,
and the strategies explored to achieve your personal learning
goals. For more information, see the example Reflective Essay
in the Appendix. Comment by Formatting Notes: See the
example in the Appendix
Submit your Reflective Journal in the course dropbox, and
upload to LDP under the corresponding course section. Learners
must submit this deliverable in the classroom and in the LDP.
Failure to submit in both locations can result in an Incomplete
for the course.
Reflection Comment by Formatting Notes: Provide an
Introduction
After the introduction, provide your position in a scholarly
manner on how your work in this course has approached or
achieved the competencies aligned to the AACN Essentials of
Doctoral Education of Advanced Nursing Practice.
After the introduction, begin the reflection with a Level 1
heading, centered, bold.
Grand Canyon University’s DNP-XXX course prepared this
DNP learner to do what? What have you discovered about your
professional practice, personal strengths, and weaknesses that
surfaced while taking the course, additional resources, and
abilities that could have influenced more optimal learning
outcomes?
Is there a structure to this Reflective Journal? This journal is an
exploration of personal learning experiences as a doctoral
learner pursuing life-long learning. Each week describe a
situation or experience which can be reflected upon as
important or worth writing about. Describe your approach,
feelings, or thoughts about the situation or experience. Explain
what you have observed in terms of the DNP Essentials and
DNP course objectives. What did you expect, learn, or decide

6. about the experience?
Go to the DC Network and look at the DNP Essentials located in
the Reflection Journal Template Folder. Reflect on these
essentials and discuss at least three domains that align your
experience with what you learned in the course and support your
claim on how you accomplished them. Comment by
Formatting Notes: Of the eight competencys of DNP nursing
education, which ones do you feel you accomplished in this
course? Address at least three in your reflection.
For each competency/domain, use the domain as the Levell 2
heading as in the example.
Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality
Improvement and Systems Thinking
Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for
Evidence-Based Practice
Essential IV. Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care
Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health
Care
Essential V. Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
Essential VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving
Patient and Population Health Outcomes
Essential VII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for
Improving the Nation’s Health
Essential VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice
Conclusion Comment by Formatting Notes: DO NOT COPY
this is an example only, re-write your own conclusion :)
The purpose of this DNP-XXX Reflection was to provide
exemplars of the methods used to fulfill GCU’s course
objectives and achieve the competencies outlined in the

7. AACN’s Essentials by this DNP student. The DNP learner used
the weekly required readings and learning activities,
supplemental readings, scholarly discussions, and project
updates to solidify these competencies and outcomes. Ethical
considerations, project implementation, leading collaborative
teams using IT, researching the internet for a variety of
resources, and creating a project PowerPoint presentation was
integral to the achievement of learner competencies.
References
American Association of College of Nursing. (2012, January 3).
The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing
practice. Retrieved from American Association of College of
Nursing: https://www.aacnnursing.org/About-AACN/Who-We-
Are/Staff-Directory
Appendix
Example Only
Comment by Katherine Fetter: This is just an example, as
APA requirements change the learner will adhere to the correct
APA edition. This is just to provide an example only.
© 2022. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
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Policy Development Draft Assignment
Treylesia Alston
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Abstract
The emergence of social networking platforms, which have
proven to be an advantageous
tool for staying in touch and connecting with one another, has
made individuals, businesses, and
organizations more linked. It is possible to remain in touch with
friends, coworkers, and family
members via these sites because of their ability to facilitate the
transmission of information at a

9. speedier rate. Law enforcement officers may profit from social
media sites, which can offer them
with vital information while they are entrusted with protecting
the public. Social media may be
used by public information officers from government agencies
to interact with members of the
public. The use of social media by police officers, however, can
lead to a lack of focus and
productivity on the job. Police and intelligence officers can
utilize social media sites for tracking
down and apprehending criminals, while analysts can use social
media to gather information on
new forms of criminal behavior. In order to use social media
effectively, a strategic framework
must be created.
Keywords: (Social media, Police officers, policy)
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Policy Development Draft Assignment
Introduction
The use of social media by government organizations and law
enforcement agencies to
convey information about crime trends and community events,
and safety tips has grown rapidly
in recent years. However, there are several cases of police
officers and other law enforcement
agencies using social media to be detrimental to their
profession. In law enforcement, using
social media for non-work-related purposes can lead to mistakes
and undesirable outcomes. This
suggests that the use of social media should be restricted so that
authorities may use accessible
social media websites for constructive purposes only. Besides,
Mistakes in its use can put police
in danger and jeopardize criminal investigations, leading to both
embarrassment and exposure to
civil and criminal liability. Adapting to the social media
channels that affect officers' daily life is
essential if law enforcement agencies are to confront these
dangers. To achieve this, agencies

11. must have a thorough understanding of the various forms of
social media, its advantages and
disadvantages for law enforcement, and the need for guidelines
to regulate how law enforcement
officers use these tools.
Law Enforcement Abuse of Social Media
The recent appearance of a private Facebook page featuring
current and former Customs
and Border Protection agents has sparked concerns about law
enforcement personnel using social
media to engage with the public. Slanderous remarks concerning
migrant deaths and lawmakers
were also made (News, 2022). It's possible that the claims in
this case, which include that
members of the group, which includes current and former
Border Patrol agents, posted
unprofessional and maybe criminal information on their social
media accounts are
genuine.Customs and Border Protection (CBP) placed the agents
on administrative duty after
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determining that their actions were not indicative of men and
women in society generally (News,
2022). There have been other cases of suspected law
enforcement employees using social media,
but this is the most current and most noticed. More than 70
police officers have been taken off
the streets of Philadelphia due to alleged improper social media
postings.
Organizational Use of Social Media
Law enforcement organizations may profit from social media in
a variety of ways,
including public relations, crime prevention, and criminal
investigations. Social media platforms
have made it easier for government agencies to connect with
their citizens on a more personal
level. People will have access to real-time information and the
ability to send questions,
recommendations, and tips to law enforcement via an online
form (Brunty & Helenek, 2014).
Images of jewelry and tattoos seized in 2011, as well as a
composite face of an unidentified

13. victim, have been released by Kentucky State Police detectives.
It was because to the post that
police were able to positively identify the dead. Investigators
may benefit from the quantity of
data available on social media networks. Using social media,
they'll let the world know where
they are and where their coworkers are. Social media has been
used to broadcast images and
videos of their illicit activities. Besides, the use of technology
data may make it simpler to
apprehend fugitives, locate accomplices, establish links between
persons and street gangs, and
collect proof of criminal activities.
Crime-solving initiatives aren't necessarily fans of true crime
podcasts in which individuals
happen to fall into circumstances where they can supply
significant information. In a similar
case, a photo of a car part was shared on social media and
helped solve the hit-and-run death of
Susan Rainwater, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident.
Rainwater was killed in a hit-and-run
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accident 60 miles south of Seattle when an unknown vehicle
struck and killed her. At the
moment, she was out for a ride on her bike. They didn't know
what to do because they had no
leads or witnesses. Only a black piece of plastic from the
automobile, which had fallen off when
it hit Susan, served proof. They had nothing else. An
unidentifiable item was photographed by a
state trooper who attended the event and posted to Twitter
(Brunty & Helenek, 2014). A Reddit
user called Jeff, who had no prior knowledge of the thing, had a
flash of recognition. After
inspecting cars for decades, the guy stated that the plastic pie ce
was from the late 1980s
Chevrolet truck's headlight bezel, which he characterized as

15. "amazing." A suspect was
apprehended after an identification led to his capture.
Law Enforcement Best Practice for the Regulation Officer
Social Media Activity
Developing a robust and strict social media policy
It is essential for organizations to establish and implement a
social media strategy to enjoy
the benefits of social media while minimizing avoidable risks,
such as a breach of trust, in the
most effective manner. To their benefit, a broad range of tools
and resources are readily available
to assist companies in formulating sound policy plans (Stuart,
2022). The International
Association of Chiefs of Police suggests the following five
policy considerations to any
institution developing a social media strategy (IACP). Many
considerations must be made, such
as establishing the policy's scope, providing information for
official usage, explaining guidelines
for personal use, addressing appropriate legal challenges, and
referring to analogous policies as
examples.
Declaring specific objectives in the policy

16. Following the above-mentioned general guidance will bring
several advantages. It's
important to note that a lot of law enforcement and government
agencies utilize social media for
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specific purposes including enhancing investigations, screening
new workers, or encouraging
community engagement (Stuart, 2022). Even though social
media can provide these advantages,
it is recommended that companies include language in their
social media strategy establishing
community involvement as a priority in order to enjoy the
benefits of social media. "The
Department promotes the secure use of social media to increase
community involvement and
information dissemination and neighborhood safety," stated the
Seattle Police Department's

17. social media policy.
Identifying a social media manager
Having media relations coordinators, community relations
officers, and public safety
directors is a proven best practice for police forces. As the o nes
in charge of approving material,
choosing who is permitted to post on behalf of the department,
and setting particular social
media goals and activities, these persons are referred to as
"authority figures." Be aware that
there are a number of communication management methods
(Stuart, 2022). The usage of social
media in the workplace is regulated by an authorized official in
several agencies. When it comes
to using social media for professional purposes, other agencies
leave it up to the discretion of
individual officers. As a general rule, at least one person should
be appointed as the social media
authority in every particular situation. Depending on the
structure and capabilities of the
business, assigning social media management to a community
relations officer may be an
effective way to develop community connection. Smaller

18. agencies may find it easier to delegate
this role to a sworn or civilian member of the agency's
leadership.
Departmental Policy Outline
Police department
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enforcement leaders to determine how they are actually
addressing the issue. Make sure that you include personal
communication information in accordance with APA format for
these interviews.
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Department policy outline regarding social media use
by government organizations and
law enforcement agencies
to convey information about crime trends and community
events, as well as safety tips, has
grown rapidly in recent years
processes like public

19. relations, crime prevention, and criminal investigation. All
officers can use social media
positively and professionally, but with great caution.
and known for using
and utilizing the social media platform.
be aware of its negative
use and the respective consequences that come from the
respective activities.
Conclusion
Social media has grown rapidly in the last decade, especially
since smartphones and social
media apps have become widely available. Many people see
social networking sites as useful
tools for interacting with others about themselves and their
lives, but law enforcement has a
variety of concerns about them. The Christian community's
hostility and discouragement toward
social media and other technology are exacerbated by concerns
such as excessive and
unintentional usage of social media. As smartphones and social
media allow amateur reporters to

20. capture and transmit only the information they wish to provide,
millions of people may watch
and criticize their reporting (Tiry et al., 2022). Police officers'
jobs have become considerably
more unsafe due to people filming their interactions with law
enforcement and starting fresh
conflicts. Because of how easily personal information can be
obtained on social media, police
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officers' jobs are becoming more dangerous even when they are
not on duty. This includes the
risk to officers' families while not on duty. As a result, the use
and exploitation of social media in
law enforcement must be monitored and regulated.
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Jeanis, M. N., Muniz, C. N., & Molbert, C. L. (2021). Law
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Kim, K., Mohr, A. O. N. E., & Oglesby, A. (2017). 2016 Law
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enforcement take center stage amid series
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Stuart, R. (2022). Social Media: Establishing Criteria for Law
Enforcement Use | FBI: Law
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Retrieved 1 April 2022, from

22. https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/social-media-
establishing-criteria-for-law-
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Tiry, E., Oglesby-Neal, A., & Kim, K. (2022). Urban.org.
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Waters, G. (2012). Social media and law enforcement: Potential
risks. FBI L. Enforcement
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