Create a written plan using the SARA model to address the crime and disorder problem outlined in this presentation. Upload the plan for grading. You should create something that is quality; a work product that could be applied in a real-world situation.
Outline each step. Provide supporting logic/thoughts. Follow each step in the model: Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment. Clearly the actual assessment-step results cannot be measured, so in the your report outline how your results would be verified in a real-world setting.
THE SITUATION:
You are a patrol officer assigned to a beat that has a truck stop located near a major highway.
Hundreds of trucks park in the lot. Prostitution is reportedly common. Drug use is reportedly common. At this particular truck stop there is a fast-food restaurant.
Your supervisor has been receiving complaints from parents about the location. The complaints generally are about seeing the drug syringes and “ladies of the night.” Parents are not happy they can’t stop in with their children for food and a romp in the play area without seeing these things. The kids are not happy either.
There is also a diner near the truck stop. Patrons are complaining to your supervisor about the same things the parents were calling about. They are also being “harassed” by panhandlers near the restaurant. The diner patrons are also not happy. Your supervisor tells you to work on this Problem-Oriented Policing matter, apply the SARA model, and submit a report to him with recommendations. Your supervisor is a stickler, and expects you to put in the effort to “do this assignment right.”