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There  was an article published in April of 2015 by Harvard’s Kennedy School  and the National Institute of Justice, entitled ‘From Warriors to  Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals’.   The website address where you can access the article is:  ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/248654.pdf

The article is 16 pages in length so I suggest you print a copy that  you can carry around and read.  As you read it make some notes on it  and ‘highlight’ items of interest. Remember , this is a gut ‘reaction’  to what you are reading. You may agree 100% or you may not agree at  all.

There are many things that you will recognize right off as you start  to read the article (and I think you will all find it very  interesting)….Plato, Socrates, Sir Robert Peel, Peel’s Principles, the  US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Amendments to the  Constitution, law, procedural justice, legal authority, ‘current  culture’, similarities between the police and the military……and I  can go on and on. And the article goes on…talking about police  training, the police academy, use of force, officer safety…and again,  on and on.

Read the entire article…all 16 pages (almost) of it…then go back  and re-read it and this time make your notes and highlight ‘important’  words and ideas (like I just exampled for you above). Then make notes  about what you read.
That will all be the basis for your paper.

Any questions? Be sure to ask. Don’t let this assignment overwhelm  you. I don’t know if you are familiar with the concept of a ‘reaction  paper’ or if you have ever written one. I guarantee you will learn  something by doing this.
My last thought….the article was written five years ago…but is  so appropriate today. We are living in a quickly changing world…and  that includes ‘ethically and morally’ changing as well.

Template 

Use a rubric to grade a subjective assignment.

• Rubric Template (Describe here the task or performance that this rubric is designed to evaluate).
• Beginning 1
• Developing 2
• Accomplished 3
• Exemplary 4 Score

Stated Objective or Performance

• Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.
• Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.
• Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.
• Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.