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Imagine you are the commander of the police field operations bureau in which you are responsible for 30 police officers who will provide security for a community function. The community is roughly 150,000 in population, mainly a mix of working and middle class,with the primary religionbeingChristianity.

The community function is the Dogwood Festival honoring Easter. This festival occurs following sunrise Easter services and tracks through a middle-class neighborhood over a mile-long winding road. The residents have planted hundreds of dogwood trees,which will be in bloom. The mayor and city commission will lead the parade of citizens,with hundreds of vehicles,throughthe"Trail of Dogwoods."This is a tradition in this strongly religious community and hasbeen practiced formore than 50 years.

Several threats have been made on social media regarding this event. The regional joint terrorism task forcehas acknowledgedthatthe threats are credible but unlikely. The threats originate from several anti-religious groups not known to be present in the area.

You have been tasked to develop adeployment plan for this event. The planconsists of3parts: deploymentplanproposal, press release, and handout.

Creata deploymentplanfor the4-hour event to be presented to the police chief.

Include the deployment of officers in terms of foot, bicycle, motorcycle, patrol car,anduse of a smallunmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

• Address security issues you identify along with mitigation of each issue.
• Present your proposal tothe police chief in a format using no more than3pages,double-spacing,and12 Arial font or equivalent. Bullet formatting is acceptable.

Preparea press release for the mediaaboutthe plans to protect the event without revealing anysensitivelaw enforcementitems.Format your press release using the following guidelines:

• Nomore than1page
• Double/spaced
• 16 font Arial or equivalent

Developa handout for the participants involved in the event.Specify the rules and safety measures participants must be aware ofandundertake.Format your handout using the following guidelines:

• 1page
• Triple-spaced
• 18 font Arial or equivalent

Citeat least 2outside references to support your assignment.