In November 2011, the University of California-Davis Police used pepper spray on student protesters who were protesting college tuition hikes. Review the attached video link and formulate your initial opinion based upon this news report. Taking a manager/administrator perspective, y our next step is to begin researching this incident to fully understand how this incident can impact your organization, personnel, and policy.
Follow the assignment directions below to complete this assignment.
Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdDLhPwpp4
Assignment Directions:
You need to investigate this incident using between 3-5 sources to adequately describe:
the incident, actions taken by law enforcement
actions of victims / perpetrators,
who were involved (key actors)?
the outcome of law enforcement action taken during the incident
legal and administrative actions taken by the agency
More importantly, take a criminal justice manager / administrator perspective to develop a description of how this scenario could affect your organization.
What steps would you, as a manager, do to recommend as a policy to provide clear guidance and structure to your rank and file on how to address similar incidents in the future? Describe.
You will need to specifically discuss your decision which can be a recommendation of one of the following:
Implement policy or procedure to guide future decision making and action
Distribute a memorandum of guidance and instruction throughout the organization
A decision of no action taken (must be supported)
In addition, any decision must be supported with at least 2 other related legal cases.
Each supporting case should be briefly summarized in 3-5 sentences and describe its relevance to support your decision.