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For this assignment, you will interview a law enforcement officer regarding his or her views about accepting gratuities. 
During the interview with the officer, you will discuss the following topics related to gratuities:
Determine from the officer the department’s official policy related to gratuities, and relate how strictly that policy is enforced.
Discuss any unofficial code regarding gratuities.
Does the officer feel that he or she should be allowed to accept small gratuities, such as free or discounted meals or coffee?
Provide a detailed description of the interview with the police officer regarding acceptance of gratuities in their department.
Discuss in detail 2 basic arguments against the acceptance of gratuities.
Do you believe, based upon your reading of the topic of gratuities and your interview of the police officer, that gratuities lead to more serious breaches of ethics in law enforcement? Provide support for your assessment.

 
You are recently hired as an intern to the recently promoted police chief in a medium-sized town with a rather modest budget for law enforcement equipment. One of her primary goals is to seek an increase in the budget for those technological items that she feels would help your department’s officers perform their jobs in a more efficient, safe manner. For her request, you recommended the following tools be purchased for the officers: 
TASERs 
Improved body armor 
New and standardized firearms for all officers 
In-car camera systems 
Global positioning system (GPS) technology 
Improvements in computer technology 
Biometric software
Because you know that this is a wish list and you will only get funding for some of the items on this list, she decides to submit a written request to city council and the mayor. She wants you to draft the correspondence. In this correspondence, you decide to respond to the following issues to support the request:
Rank, describe, and discuss the 3 items that you would select as the most important to purchase right away, and share with your fellow students and professor why you selected these items. 
What types of outside statistical data or research support information are available to present to council and the mayor to support your decision? 
If you had to remove 2 items from your wish list, which of those 2 items would you recommend, and why (other than lack of budgetary dollars)?