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For your Unit 3 Complete assignment, write a narrative essay (minimum 1200 words) in which you address and discuss the questions and statements listed below. Use at least three scholarly sources and remember to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the READ and ATTEND sections in your essay. Cite your sources in APA format.

  • Research the Knapp Commission and conclusions reached. Do you agree or disagree with their recommendations?
  • Research the Bell, California corruption trial and its results. What do you think caused this and allowed it to go on? What recommendations would you endorse and why?
  • Research the topic of “solvability factors” and how they can affect a criminal investigation. Should they be used or not?
  • You are a seasoned police officer, and your beat partner is the subject of a police investigation. You have knowledge of what the officer has done and will be called before the investigation board. Your partner has asked for your help and to make up a story so she can “beat the rap” and continue her career. What do you do and why? How will your partner feel?