Gang Task Force Analysis

Chief Brown has assigned the task of establishing a Gang Response Unit. This team will include patrol officers, sergeants, and a lieutenant to handle gang suppression, apprehension, prevention and intervention within the City of Memphis. The personnel will be officers from the Memphis Police Department who are recommended by station commanders. The chief has already suggested a lieutenant. He will be the supervisor of the entire team. There will be one lieutenant and two field sergeants to supervising this fourteen officer task force. The unit will include two officers from the seven stations. The two sergeants are coming from the Organized Crime Division whom also been handpicked by the Chief Brown. They come with twenty years of experience …show more content…
An officer may also use any Bureau time to replace additional training for this selection process. Officers will not be eligible if they have received departmental charges within the last two years. Any officer that has received a departmental charge for excessive force will not be considered for this unit. Once a patrol officer has been selected to move on in the process there will be a written exam and panel interview. To complete the selection process, all officer must complete a two-day training course at the Firearms unit that will include dynamic entries for search warrants, mobile surveillance, de-escalation, crisis intervention and a stress shooting course in which each officer must score a ninety or above. After each candidate has completed the requirements and is selected for the unit, there will be mandatory training on gang recognition, culture, and prosecution conducted at the Training Academy by a representative of the District Attorney’s office. The training is essential to the officer completely their assigned task efficiently and