Case Study – Innovation and Stagnation at the Miami-Dade Police Department
Assignment Instructions
For the purpose of this assignment, you are to play the role of Major Louis Warren, the Incident Commander and principal planner of security for the DRNC. You are to consider the factors that led to successful innovations at MDPD in the past, as well as factors that blocked other innovations. As the principal planner for the DRNC, what actions would you take to encourage new ideas from the front line officers in the Department that could further improve crowd control tactics? What steps would you take to overcome barriers to new ideas?
In a narrative essay not to exceed 1,500 words, explain how you arrived at your conclusions. Your report is important because it will form the basis for planning the DRNC and the implementation of policy.
