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- Written Assignment Order Description Assessment 1 Information This assesnment is in" rel="nofollow">in Australia Please Referenceas 10 no more old 2012 Type: Assignment - Written Assignment Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Outcomes Assessed: 2 Task Description: Length: 2000 words Assignment Information: Thompson Valley Police Service has recently appoin" rel="nofollow">inted a new police commissioner, Commissioner Jason DeVillain" rel="nofollow">in. Currently, the police organisation is seekin" rel="nofollow">ing to in" rel="nofollow">increase police strength (in" rel="nofollow">increase the number of police officers employed by the police organisation). As such, police recruit in" rel="nofollow">intake numbers will be doubled over the next three (3) years. In order to achieve this in" rel="nofollow">increase, Commissioner DeVillain" rel="nofollow">in has proposed two (2) key changes to the current police selection process. These changes in" rel="nofollow">include: • Police recruit applicants will no longer require completion or partial completion of tertiary education upon entry • Psychological testin" rel="nofollow">ing will be removed from the selection process Task: You are a research and policy officer for the Thompson Valley Police Service. You have been asked to assess the validity and likely impact of the two (2) key proposed changes to the police recruitment selection process. You are to use empirical research evidence to support your conclusions and recommendations. Assessment Item 1 Feedback Analysis of the Police Selection Process VP = Very Poor; P= Poor; A= Average; G= Good; E= Excellent Student Name: ________________________________________________________ Criteria Comments VP P A G E Introductory Paragraph ? Introduce topic of assignment ? Outlin" rel="nofollow">ine aims of assignment Analysis For EACH sub-section was: Relevant literature review conducted; Analysis of empirical evidence; subconclusion reached ? Education ? Psychological Assessment Recommendations Clearly and logically derived from precedin" rel="nofollow">ing analysis ? Brief summary of the evidence presented leadin" rel="nofollow">ing to recommendations ? Clear/direct recommendations for each of the proposed changes to the selection process Conclusion Paragraph ? Summarise aims of assignment Referencin" rel="nofollow">ing – eg. APA appropriate/consistent referencin" rel="nofollow">ing ? Consistent and correct APA in" rel="nofollow">in-text referencin" rel="nofollow">ing. ? Reference list: alphabetically listed references in" rel="nofollow">in reference list; on separate page with title ? Relevant references outside of set readin" rel="nofollow">ings/materials. Presentation – eg. well written, appropriate paragraph structure, sentence length ? Logical format ? Title page ? Page numbers ? Spellin" rel="nofollow">ing ? Language and writin" rel="nofollow">ing ? Paragraph structure