essay of 850 words addressing the below question. Please use APA citation format, the essay should follow the ASA format.

Assert your position

Support your position

Analyze your position

Undercover operations are very dangerous. Direct contact with the criminal element posing as a fellow criminal subjects the undercover officer to the "rules" of that environment. Those rules are often very unpredictably violent. Moreover, arousing suspicion or being discovered as an undercover officer during the operation poses serious risk. Your text explains several investigative outcomes or reasons for conducting undercover operations.

Essay 2 Question: In a case of information that there are individuals dealing drugs on a specfic corner in the city, do you believe there are other investigative techniques that could be undertaken to obtain the same or similar outcomes as an undercover operation? Should those alternative techniques be employed prior to considering an undercover operation? Do you believe they are superior or inferior techbniques in gaining evidence of a crime?