After watching the video in the Activity “Information Savvy: Synthesizing Information,” think about a time where you have synthesized information to come up with your own conclusion. Explain the process you went through. How does your process compare or contrast to the information about synthesis given in the video? Provide specific examples from the video to support your response. How would you use this experience to synthesize information in future papers? Please explain in your own words.
Information Savvy: Synthesizing Information
Introduction
In this Learning Activity, you will watch a short video. The video provides a brief explanation of and introduction to synthesis.
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-Post adds value by raising novel points or providing new perspectives.
-Post is concise and clearly written in an academic tone; Sentences are complete; spelling, grammar and punctuation are correct.
Requirements: More than 15 characters, Less than 4000 characters
It is 2025 and you are a captain working in the County Sheriff’s Department.
Writing Question
Write a White Paper. It is 2025 and you are a captain working in the County Sheriff’s Department. The Sheriff and you were at a townhall meeting where many people complained about their concern with law enforcement’s increasing use of technology to invade their privacy. The Sheriff promised the people at the townhall meeting that she would discuss current and future technology at the next meeting. The Sheriff asked you to prepare a memo on emerging technologies and how it will impact the department. You must select two types of technology not yet used by the Sheriff’s Department. You are to briefly describe the technology, how it will be used, identify potential legal issues, and how you will inform the community of the technology’s use. After conducting research, you must write a white paper that follows the following criteria:
Create a professional document in accordance with instructions in the Professional Writing Guide.
The length must be between 500 and 1000 words. You will be penalized for shorter or longer memos.
Word length applies to the body of the text only.
Cite sources using footnote citations only.
Text is single-spaced.
Use proper grammar and punctuation.
List word length at the end of your document.
You can use pros and cons of the selected technology to support your answer.
Instructions:
Read the brief vignette of a ficticious crime below and then write a 600 word paper (about 2 pages double spaced) that addresses the “steps” below.
Vignette:
A robbery of a liquor store occurs at 11:00 on a Friday night. Two men enter with shotguns and steal the contents of the register and some lottery tickets. An employee working at the store, is the only witness and there is no recording of the crime. The student was drinking a beer at the time of the robbery but has a BAC far below the legal limit for intoxication at the time of the crime and the police notes and body camera recordings show no signs of intoxication. The employee recognizes one of the men from a pick-up basketball game he plays in every couple of weeks but he says the man was disguised with sunglasses and a wig during the robbery. In a line-up he identifies the man and says he is highly certain that it is the robber.
As the robbers left the store, one of them grabs a bottle with his barehands and throws it on the floor. It breaks into several pieces. The crime scene investigators reassemble the bottle in a lab and pull two partial finger prints off of it. A finger print analyst matches the print to the one taken from the suspect at booking.
There are a lot of potential details left out of the vignette. That is to give you room to ask pointed questions in court to try to reinforce the efivence/testimony or to undermine it.
Steps for the paper:
1. Imagine that you are working for a prosecutor or a defense attorney (pick only one)…PROSECUTOR
2. If you had the choice between the eyewitness identifying the defendant or the physical evidence that links the defendant to the crime, which would you prefer to present to the jury as evidence of the suspects guilt OR to have to argue against before the jury (depending on the role you chose)? PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
3. Using what you learned in class and other resources, why did you pick the witness or the physical evidence?
4. What is the point that you would reinforce the most or attack the most to make your case to the jury?
Papers should be DOUBLE SPACED and proofread for grammar and spelling.
References should be cited in a professional format (e.g., APA or MLA
Requirements: 2 pages not including cover and reference
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that discusses in detail one of the imperatives of managing effectively across cultures. Include the following in your paper:
The complexities of implementation of these distinct moves in the United States and one international labor market, such as England, Germany, Kenya, China, Jamaica West Indies, or the United Arab Emirates
Compare the levels of progress made in the targeted locales.
