Write an Administrative Report where you conduct a case study on the William Melendez Inkster Police Excessive Force Case, as well as your critical analysis of the case.

Use an Administrative Report Form.

2-3 single-spaced pages not including the header; Times New Roman; 12-point font; one-inch margins.

Grading:

Length: 0-20 points

Formatting: 0-10 points

Grammar, spelling, punctuation: 0-20 points

Details, accuracy, completeness, analysis: 0-50 points

Your Administrative Report should track the key points of the case and contain your critical thinking and analysis of the case.

Use the list of listed videos to obtain the needed information to complete this assignment.

Introduction:

In your introduction, explain to your reader what your report is about. Explain you are going to be conducting a case study of the William Melendez Inkster police excessive force case. Explain that you will be explaining key points of the case, as well as providing your critical analysis of the case. Explain you will be detailing what went wrong, and the impacts of the case, as well as provide recommendations on how to avoid similar incidents in the future.

Discussion:

In your Discussion, you will need to do two things, including an overview of what happened in the case, and then engage in critical thinking and analysis of the case.

Your overview of the case should address the following key aspects of the case: This goes in the Discussion

• What happened during the original contract between William Melendez and Floyd Dent?
• What was the police officer's explanation of the incident?
• What was Floyd Dent's explanation of the incident?
• Was Floyd Dent criminally charged? If so, with what and what was the outcome?
• What was the reaction to the incident in the community?
• What was the impact on the City of Inkster in terms of civil litigation? How did that impact residents?
• What was the impact on the Inkster police chief?
• How did the City of Inkster initially deal with then Officer Melendez?
• What were the city's eventual findings regarding Melendez and what was the outcome?
• What was Melendez charged with in court? What was the defense position of the case - what did they argue? What was the prosecution's theory of the case - what did they argue?
• What was the verdict in terms of each charge and what was the sentence?

Your critical thinking and analysis: This goes in the Discussion

Use the following bullet points to assist you in developing your critical thinking and analysis of the case - you do not need to address every one of these points. They are provided to give you a guide in terms of the areas to consider when writing your thoughts on this case:

• What did you think about the officers' explanation of their initial actions in terms of monitoring a location known for high crime, and then stopping and investigating someone they suspected of being involved in a possible crime - do you think, based on their explanation, that their intentions and initial stop were good police work?
• Do you have any concerns about the tactics that the officers utilized in their initial approach to the Cadillac and initial contact with Mr. Dent given their claims that Dent shouted that he was going to kill them?
• Is there any evidence based on your watching the videos that verbal commands were being issued by the officers to Mr. Dent upon their initial contact with him? How about once they are physically engaged - do you see any evidence of verbal commands being given to get him to comply?
• Based on the videos, do you believe there was any evidence to support the claim that Officer Melendez was bitten by Mr. Dent? What are your thoughts about the fact that Officer Melendez noted in his report that he was not injured and there was no documentation of a bite or medical attention for a bite?
• Based on what you have learned about the use of force after reviewing the example use of force policy, what are your conclusions based on the videos, the officers' accounts, and Mr. Dent's account regarding the force used in this incident?
• Do you have any concerns regarding the fact that there was no audio of this incident captured by any of the officers? Does the fact that there was no audio impact the credibility of the various accounts?
• After watching the various videos that depicted interviews of Mr. Dent and Officer Melendez and what you learned in the course regarding interviewing people, such as about body language, voice intonation, eye contact or lack thereof, words that are used, and demeanor, do you have any opinions as to who was credible and who was not and why?
• What do you think about the demeanor of the police chief, city officials, union representative, defense attorney, prosecutors, and other officers who either were interviewed or testified? What did you think about the new police chief and his demeanor when he was interviewed?
• Based on what you learned from the videos, how do you think the case was handled by the City of Inkster Police Department leadership and the city political leadership? Do you think it was responded to in a timely and appropriate manner, or did it seem more driven by the release of the video by the media? How do you think the incident should have been responded to if you feel the initial response was not acceptable? What do you think about the situation depicted in the videos where Officer Melendez was still on the street, and even training new officers during the weeks after the incident? What do you think about his not being re-assigned to desk duty pending an investigation until this story was released to the media?
• What do you think about the response of the police chief and the various City of Inkster officials in the media once the video was released? Do you think they responded effectively and convincingly to their community?
• In terms of the officers' behavior on the scene toward Mr. Dent, their explanation and justification for their actions, their behavior in the jail video, and their statements in court or to the media, did you form any opinions about that organization's culture, or the integrity, ethics, morals or lack thereof of those involved?
• What do you think about how the criminal justice system responded to this incident - both in how it responded to the charges against Mr. Dent, as well as the charges filed against Officer Melendez?
• What do you think about how the media responded to this incident?
• What do you think about the verdict and the sentence?
• Based on what you learned about Officer Melendez's background and history with the City of Detroit Police Department, what did you think about his interview where he explained he was retired with a pension from DPD after only 14 years?
• You learned some things about Officer Melendez's background with Detroit PD. Based on those revelations, did you have any concerns about hiring practices and background investigations with Inkster PD and Highland Park PD? What were your thoughts after learning he was still on the street at Highland Park PD even after this case was made public in the media?
• What impact do you think this case had on the criminal justice system in general; does it suggest anything about the need for reform in how police service is delivered; how hiring practices, especially in economically disadvantaged communities; about police-community relations?
• What would you have done if you were one of the officers on that scene?

Summary:

Briefly review what your report was about and the main points/conclusions. Reinforce to your reader that this report reviewed and analyzed the Inkster Police William Melendez - Floyd Dent excessive force case from the initial incident through the entire criminal justice process. Remind your reader that you explained the major points of the case and that you completed an analysis of the case, outlining what you believed were the major issues in the case. Reinforce a couple of the key points of your report. Do not forget to close by explaining what you learned from this case analysis.