Write an essay on Leaders for social change advocate for police departments that mirror their constituents in terms of ethnicity, race, gender, and in other areas. This challenges leaders to develop innovative methods of recruiting and hiring. The final project will consist of three separate assignments that focus on identifying the need for a diversity hiring policy within law enforcement agencies. The training and implementation assignment asks you to develop a plan for sustainment and in-service training as well as address the future of diversity hiring and the overall implications to law enforcement leadership. Each aspect of the assignment must connect the dots between a justification for the policy and how it will address identified deficiencies in current hiring policy and practice. Law Enforcement Organizations face an increasing struggle with hiring police officers. Consequently, there is a need to consider assembling a police force that resembles the communities that are being served. An increased focus on civil liberties, the rise to prominence of advocacy groups such as Black Lives Matter and police-involved shootings have all combined to create an urgency for law enforcement agencies to be responsive to the need for diversity within the force.
