Murder at Porto Beach

1. Murder at Porto Beach • Team Members: • Joe Milonas • Collette Inniss • Rosanna Chapman • Claire Paterson • Sarah Morris • Paula Lomax • AbiraIftikharRana • Kadie Flaherty • AkhlakChoudry • Elizabeth Taylor • Clinton Colbert

2. OFFICE SEVEN • AIM: The aim of this report is to summarize the main work of this office in its investigation of crime at PortoBeach.

3. Week 1: Gathering intelligence • In week one, the roles of the office were assigned to everyone with Joe Milonas taking the role of Senior Investigating Officer and Facilitator to provide the police chief with weekly updates of activities carried out by the office. • Officers were required to demonstrate local knowledge by writing a case study on a murder that happened within their jurisdiction. This was completed in a timely fashion and was reported on by the SIO to the Police Chief by 21st February 2010. • Sarah Morris – Murder of Connor Black in Manchester • Abira Rana -  Murder of Mrs Sana Ali in Manchester • Kadie Flaherty – Murder of Hemanshu Patel in Manchester • Collette Inniss – Murder of Tyrone Gilbert in Manchester • Akhalak Choudry – Murder of Mr Singh in Manchester • Paula Lomax – Murder of Louis Brathwaite in Manchester • Elizabeth Taylor – Assassination attempt in Manchester • Rosanna Chapman – Murder of Kriss Donald in Glasgow • Claire Paterson – Murder of Kevin ‘Gerbil’ Carroll in Glasgow • Clinton Colbert – Murder of Melinda in Panama City • Joe Milonas – Murder of D/S York and D/S Lopez in Florida

4. Week 1 Findings: Key Findings  The Key skills exercised in week one were: • Communication • Analytical skills • Working to a schedule. It was clear from the outset that the office has never operated in such a fashion before with regards to the wiki. There was confusion over where information should be posted and how to amend/ edit pages on the wiki. However with group discussions and help from the Police Chief the information was uploaded regarding the case studies in a timely and effective manner. Each of the case studies required a section of analysis which employed each member’s analytical skills.  It was then from each of these analysis that it was possible to draw similarities and parallels between each of the studies and then apply this to the investigation going forward. Many of the murders discussed were found to have similar characteristics such as: • Gang Cultures • Knife Crime • Areas of economic deprivation. All of these factors gave officers a stepping stone with which to move forward with in regards to the investigation in PortoBeach.

5. Week 2 – Statistical Information Homicide Rates in 2009 – Jurisdictional Comparison In analysing the information above one important issue to remember surrounds the fact homicide rates reflect incidents currently classified as homicide which means the statistics may increase.

6. Week 2 – Statistical Information Homicide Rates in 2009 – Jurisdictional Comparison • Florida and the United States contain the highest homicide rates per 100,000 (6.4 and 5.4 respectively) compared with other jurisdiction and England and Wales (UK) contains the lowest homicide rates per 100,000 (1.37). • The homicide rate per 100,000 in Porto Beach (3.82) remains average according to the graph above. Porto Beach contains the second highest homicide rate per 100,000 (3.82) – with Table 3.2 identifying recorded homicides per month. • Compared with England and Wales (UK), Porto Beach contains significantly higher homicide rates per 100,000 however Florida, the United States and Glasgow contain relatively higher homicide rates per 100,000 than Porto Beach. • The information suggests Porto Beach suffers relatively high homicide rates however compared with other jurisdictions these rates remain average.

7. Week 2 – Statistical Information Homicides in Porto Beach - Analysis

8. Week 2 – Statistical Information Homicides in Porto Beach - Analysis

9. Week 2 – Statistical Information Homicides in Porto Beach - Analysis The homicide rate in Porto Beach remains in constant flux, with no stable pattern formed in 2008-2009. One recurring pattern identified from statistical information and represented in Table 3.2 surrounds the annual differences. In May 2008 the recorded homicide rate was 5 and in May 2009 the homicide rate increased to 10 - The pattern remains consistent for the months April, May, July, August, and September with deviations in June. Table 3.3 clearly highlights the differences between 2008 and 2009 regarding homicides in Porto Beach. The homicide rates between April 2008 and September 2008 was 31 and the homicide rates between April 2009 and September 2009 was 41. Statistical information on homicides suggest increased homicide rates in 2009, however determining the significance requires the analysis of additional statistical information for 2008 and 2009.

10. Week 2 – Statistical Information

11. Week 2 – Statistical Information Budget Cut Dilemma Office Seven discussed the issues associated with categorising Porto Beach a high crime area (with increasing homicide rates) including the creation of moral panics (Cohen); vigilantism; and possible negative perceptions of Porto Beach Police Officers. To avoid issues associated with releasing negative information surrounding Porto Beach, Office Seven developed cost-effective methods to reduce crime and offending while providing public reassurance. Investigators considered theoretical ideas surrounding crime and offending including the associations between increased crime and socio-economic deprivation; the Broken Windows Theory; Social Disorganisation Theory; the Chicago School; Strain Theory; Differential Associations Theory; and Subcultural Theories. Considering the theoretical discourse, the methods employed include introducing high-visibility Community Policing; crime hot-spot analysis; ‘Night-zones’; clean city campaigns; increase CCTV (including mobile CCTV vans); and initiatives to target the key issues in Porto Beach (gangs, knife crime etc).

12. Week 3: Community Links Manchester Initiatives: • Many different projects were discussed and explained to the other officers.  The MAGNET project (Modelling Analysis of Guncrime NETwork) was a project which showed a model of crime and displayed three different approaches. It showed the Social Networks Model which displayed how gangs contact each other, the cellular automata approach which simulates how different scenarios would have differing effects on crime patterns and the epidemic model which outlines how long an intervention would take and its potential impact on reducing gun crime. • Another project was the Alexander Rose project which was a project set up by the friend of a victim of a fatal knife attack. The main aim was to provide information regarding the law, and the consequences for an individual found carrying a knife. The project offers talks for schools and community centres, and at the core of the project was a desire to educate people regarding the issue. This was also the aim of the FN4 project, which brings together people of different faiths to discuss gang and knife crime. This project has weekly meetings for community members to come and discuss public safety and also to discuss different safety strategies which could be implemented. The North Hulme/ Moss Side Youth Project is again another educational project aimed specifically at young people whose personal and social circumstances are barriers to regular school attendance – one of the many reasons in which youngsters fall into gang culture as they see no other alternative. This is similar to the Old Moat Youth Outreach Project which involves youths attending a project several nights a week to prevent them drifting towards gang culture. The project educated the individuals and occupies them with interests and hobbies so they can see alternative ways of life as opposed to crime and gangs.

13. Week 3: Community Links Cont. Manchester Initiatives Cont.: • The Mothers Against Violence Project (MAV) was formed by a Manchester community as a response to a spurt of killings in one week. It was set up by the mothers of victims and again promoted education to prevent such violence. The project also provides counselling, and works with people to find them meaningful training or employment.  • The Manchester Multi-Agency Strategy (MMAGS) – is still the only UK based multi agency community project aimed solely at tackling gun and knife crime. The project provides support to witnesses, victims, young people and also families of victims. The also aim to rehabilitate those convicted of gun crime and present young people with real alternatives such as opportunities in education and employment as positive alternatives to this type of crime. • Another Fantastic project that has been utilised in Manchester is the Connected fund where money that is seized from criminals is made available to all these groups working in the areas worst affected by gun and knife crime and redeployed the money into something much more meaningful and worthwhile to the community. The project helps ongoing local schemes to help young people break away from gang culture, and puts the money into sporting and music activities as alternatives to crimes.

14. Week 3: Community Links Cont. Glasgow Initiatives: Like Manchester, Glasgow has many initiatives which have been applied in order to reduce crime in an effective manner, some of which are very similar to Manchester’s Projects. • Community Safety Partnerships in Scotland include representatives from all different public bodies who come together to establish collective ideas to tackle violence in communities. Different local authorities established safe zones with taxi marshals, improved lighting and transport to ensure prompt and safe dispersal of individuals from city centres at the weekends. • Operation Reclaim was a very important initiative pertaining to the issue of gang culture and antisocial behaviour. The aim, again like many of the Manchester projects, was to educate young people in areas of gang fighting, territorialism, anti- social behaviour and racism. The project targeted an area of persistent racist incidents and gang violence, and saw policing by high visibility officers in an attempt to deter crime with the existence of crime fighters. It proved to be a great success with an overall reduction of crime of 38%. Similarly Operation Phoenix proved to be a big success during the seven weeks that the project was in place in Easterhouse, Glasgow in 2008. The project brought together teenagers with the aim to build positive relationships between the police and young people and initiative police statistics indicated reductions in youth disorder and gang fighting across the board.

15. Week 3: Community Links Cont. Glasgow Initiatives Cont: • Following on from the success of these two Operational Projects, The Enhanced Policing Plan was introduced in 2007.  The plan was introduced to areas of Glasgow considered to have persistent problems with violence and gang activity and concerned itself primarily with the reduction of fear of crime, and providing effective policing through intelligence led information. The main aims were to reduce and detect anti social behaviour, alcohol related disorder, substance misuse, knife crime and violent crime. Locals were interviewed to give them a chance to voice their main concerns regarding the policing and this was then positively addressed.  Following on from this scheme, there was a marked improvement in the reduction of crime, reducing it to the lowest it had been in five years and the locals conveyed back to the police that they had an increased feeling of security in their local area. • Another project in Glasgow was the Violence Reduction Unit following on from the Safer Scotland Anti – Violence Campaign. The aims were to ensure that there was cooperation between forces in Scotland to address issues pertaining to violence, alcohol and drug misuse, knifes and gangs – issues which were normally associated with young people. The campaign led to numerous enforcement operations such as Operation Passkey, Operation Impact and Operation TaG. Operation Passkey used intelligence based information on locations to tackle increasing youth crime problems. Operation Impact aimed to prevent prevalent antisocial behavioural issues and Operation TaG targeted known gang members. • The Safer Scotland Anti Violence Campaign also brought about the introduction of the Alcohol Phase to reduce violent behaviour associated with the misuse of alcohol. The main aim was to reduce alcohol being readily available to youths, and to reduce antisocial behaviour in communities. Again like most of these campaigns, the importance of education was emphasised in tackling the problems and the Education Phase was introduced. Throughout this phase the dangers pertaining to knife related offences were highlighted.

16. Week 3: Community Links Cont. Glasgow Initiatives Cont: • The Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV) was introduced to tackle problems with violence and anti-social behaviour – with particular focus on gang related violence. The initiative introduced: strategic management, violence reduction, health and equalities, information sharing, early intervention, action, case management and programme delivery Unit. The police gathered information and intelligence on gangs and approximately 150 gang-members attended the initial self-referral session in October. During the sessions different individuals involved in gang activity received information from various people including senior police officers, A&E consultants, individuals from communities, and the families of violence victims • The School, Social Work, Police and Community (SSPC) Project was developed by East Renfrewshire Council and involved the implementation of new approaches to prevent and address youth crime and anti-social behaviour. Key ideas behind the project surround prevention, diversion, early intervention and specialist interventions for offenders. The main aims of the project were to – again – improve opportunities for young people to participate positively in the community and to integrate activities into the wider community and families. • Another successful initiative brought into action in Glasgow was Operation Cleansweep which was introduced to tackle and reduce violence antisocial behaviour, serious and organised crime, drugs, domestic violence and road traffic offences. High visibility police patrols were utilised in this operation in crime hotspots to act as a deterrent.

17. Week 3: Community Links Cont. Florida Initiatives: • An extremely effective scheme which was rolled out in Florida is the 10-20-Life scheme, and it has helped to reduce  violent gun crime rates by 30%. In 2004 the Crime Index showed their gun crime levels were at there lowest in 34 years. The 10-20-Life is a public information scheme, which is still continuing today. The main aim is to let people know that Florida has a no tolerance policy to crime. The scheme sets out clear guidelines as to what to expect when committing gun related offences. Such a sentencing or tariff scheme has been seen as a deterrent as the punishments for any actions are not light ones. • Project Safe Neighborhood (PNC) establishes similar principles to community link initiatives and projects discussed for Manchester and Glasgow.The United States Department of Justice launched Project Safe Neighbourhoods (PSN) in 2001 which provided a comprehensive national program to tackle gang and gun violence in local areas. Project Safe neighbourhoods incorporated components pertaining to a collaboration of a multi agency partnership involving law enforcement agencies, criminal justice agencies, city and social service agencies, private sector groups, community organisations and researchers. The plan was intended to be a problem solving program which through research would design focused strategies to target problems through enforcement or prosecution, deterrence and prevention.          

18. Week 3: Community Links Cont. Florida Intiatives Cont: • Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) established the Anti-Gang Initiative aiming to investigate, apprehend and prosecute violence gang members. This involves national coordinated and comprehensive law enforcement strategies. Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) also established Project Sentry which aims to reduce violent gun crimes by coordinate juvenile focused enforcement, prevention and intervention. The initiative encourages law enforcement authorities to coordinate with community groups with aims to promote educational and recreational alternative activities for young people. Project Sentry aims to demonstrate the negative consequences and associated consequences of gun violence from “the standpoint of exposure to physical bodily harm and imprisonment and from the standpoint of the havoc gun violence visits upon families, neighborhoods and the lives of everyone involved”. The initiative relies on education and social learning to reduce gun crime and violence in local areas. • The Southern District of Florida Re-entry Initiative established coordinated reentry initiatives for Project Safe Neighborhoods.  The initiative encouraged the development of Re-Rentry Coordination Coalitions by pulling together interrelated and involved re-entry partners from local/state and federal prison facilities; halfway-residential confinement facility; ex-offenders; job placement agencies businesses, faith-based institutions elected officials and the media, and working with them as they pool their informational, economic and personnel resources to more effectively and efficiently provide re-entry services. •  The Front Porch Florida Community Initiative helps communities improve their neighbourhoods through assistance from public and private entities. It was founded primarily to address the challenges facing Florida’s urban communities. As part of the initiative, the department partnered with local state schools and law enforcement and federal officials to promote Life. Inside, a crime prevention videotape and curriculum booklet aimed at keeping young people in school and out of trouble. Again the same education approach is displayed across the board to deter youngsters from criminal activities. The Reichert House, built with inmate labour, deters at-risk youth from the criminal justice system and encourages academic

19. Week 3: Findings One of the most apparent findings when comparing and contrasting all of the initiatives from the three different jurisdictions is that there seems to be a huge focus on education. All three countries looked at emphasised the importance of educating youngsters of the perils of acting within the gang culture or using a weapon – be it a knife or a gun. Education seems to be the key here, as people who are made aware of the potential consequences are much less likely to carry out the offence. Such methods of education gave results and saw the crime rate dropping. This could become an important factor to consider in relation to PortoBeach to reducing the amount of crime by deploying such educational methods in schools there.   Another important factor that became apparent across the board was that there has to be real alternatives created for individuals in order to deter them from a life of crime and offer them something meaningful and worthwhile to focus on. Manchester in particular deployed numerous methods to see that youths were occupying their time constructively with music or sports groups – something which they could attend a few nights a week in order to get them off the streets. This corresponds with Cohen’s theory pertaining to the issue of delinquent youths who don’t conform to what society is asking of them and it could be seen as a rebellion as they have nothing more constructive to do. Again, such methods could be introduced in PortoBeach to keep youngsters busy and away from any trouble that may occur.  It was clear when looking at the numerous projects and schemes implemented by the different Countries was that the way in which an area is policed also has an effect on the amount of crime in that area. In Glasgow it was demonstrated how crime rates dropped in areas which were policed with high visibility. The presence of police who are visible to the public was enough to drop crime and also to increase feelings of public safety amongst the community. This was to become very important when discussing how to manage public safety in PortoBeach when it was discussed by officers to get such high visibility officers out in the areas where the crime was being committed in a bid to reduce crime. Such a decision was taken in order to reassure the public that there were people out there concerned for the publics safety and wellbeing and such tactics do reassure the public at large.

20. Week 4: Press Release • •Our task was to create a press release.  It would be through this press release that officers at Porto beach seven presented  information to enable the community to fear crime less, and to attempt to curb moral panics. • •Here we also demonstrated how community links gathered from the previous week can be used to present to the community that the police are working to stop crime in Porto beach. •  •Some main initiatives uncovered from our group press release are below, please make reference to the next page to preview our Official press release. • •Initiatives formed included the clear development of community projects in the Porto Beach area to give confidence back to the residents. • •A main aim of our officers at Porto Beach is to tackle youth and knife crime, therefore this is a huge initiative that our officers will be working on. •  •We want our community to work with the police to build rapport and enable a better environment for everyone to prevent further crime.

21. Week 4: Press Release Cont. • It was in week four that we set up our official press release. Through great research in the previous weeks we were able to feel confident enough that our efforts within the community could help tackle crime. Our Press release below, presents how us at office seven “are tackling crime in our area” • Below is a link, leading to the full Official Press Release • http://office7.pbworks.com/'Official-Press-Release'-week-4

22. Week 5: Personal Contributions • This week involved constructing this power point which compiled all our contributions for each weeks task and condensed together to give an overall picture. • The final task was to add our personal contributions and on the following slides includes our week-to-week contributions and comments on our challenges and skills acquired throughout this investigation.

23. Claire Paterson – Contribution to Porto Beach Investigation Week One - Analysed the murder of Kevin Carroll, highlighting the investigation, the evidence surrounding the case and theoretical explanations. Week Two - Collected statistical information on crime in Glasgow City and Scotland. Generated graphical representations to identify homicide rates in Scotland, England, and the United States compared with Porto Beach before compiled statistical information on Porto Beach monthly homicides and produced graphical representation to identify trends and patterns. Completed the table for Recorded Crimes and Offences in Porto Beach following group discussions on victimology. Following this I discussed the budget cut and suggested cost-effective crime prevention measure. Introduced Porto Beach Memo page to include theoretical explanations pertinent to Porto Beach. Week Three - Discussed the community initiatives available to target crime in Porto Beach and reduce vigilantism. Established community initiatives and projects introduced in Glasgow (and Scotland) which may prove pertinent to Porto Beach including the CIRV,CSPs; and SSPC Project. Established evidentiary links between murders committed in Porto Beach and created new page for evidence links. Week Four - Generated the basic press release for Porto Beach which was edited by individuals from the Public and Media Information Team. Added press slide show highlighting the main press release points. Week Five - Established second evidentiary link between murder and submitted it to evidence links page. Added statistical information to Porto Beach Office Seven PowerPoint before submitting the final personal contribution information. Challenges - The main challenge surround the different academic disciplines and writing styles of individuals in the group. This was overcome by organising information and coordinating the team work. Another challenge involved the communication between group members and the fact personal information was lost due to communication problems. Skills - The key skills developed in completing the investigation surrounded e-communication. In addition, organisation and team work skills were improves during the course of the wiki project.

24. Collette Inniss: contribution During the process of the investigation of the Murders in Porto beach. • Week 1: : Analyzed the photographs as to what possible murders could have occurred in Porto beach. Analyzed the murders of Ucal Chin and Tyrone Gilbert, their murders were gang related and then related the case studies to the Murders that we created in Porto Beach. • Week 2: Collected statistical on Murders in the Manchester area and related and compared them to the Murders in Porto beach , the murders in Porto Beach we relatively low when compared to Manchester. • Week 3: Looked at community links in the ,meaning searching what support is out there for Porto beach which included: The Magnet project, The Police Pledge and a number of crime reducing strategies put forward by the Home Office. • Week 4: As part of the PIO/C team, created the official press release page placed some of the press release together which included the text and pictures, consulted with other team members on how we were putting the press release together. • Week 5: Created presentation page, stated how we should contribute to the presentation and how. Added information to presentation, and up loaded pictures and information to the slides. • Challenges – What I found the most challenging was at first working the wiki, but once I got to grips with it I was fine. At first I found it hard to understand what was required of me who was doing what for each of the roles but my team members helped me and I was fine after it was explained to me by them. Finding statistical evidence/data in Manchester was some what of a challenge as there were not any up to date statistic to come with Porto Beach.

25. Collette Inniss continued A comment on the skills you have acquired that would be useful in the real world and in future employment: This project has taught me the lessons of how important deadlines and clear cut communication is. I have acquired many skill, such as being to communicate clearly to other team member, even though I do not know them or are in the same country. I have acquired the skill to keep to deadline, and learnt that if you have not done your part in the project it could effect other people. I have learnt how to analyse situations from different angles, and use different kinds of sources such as new papers and academic literature, to solve or gather information on potential murders. In terms of future employment in such a field, I have learnt people skills, how to communicate with others not known personally to me , also learnt that there are many different roles that can contribute to an end result all are just as important as the next to get the job done.

26. Rosanna Chapman – Contribution to the PortoBeach Investigation. • •Week 1:  In week one I selected my role in the investigation of Evidence Disclosure Officer. I also analysed the murder of Kriss Donald from Glasgow in accordance with the muster report. • • Week 2:  This weeks task was in relation to statistical analysis of each persons jurisdiction and to compare them with Portobeach. I gathered statistical information pertaining to homicide rates from Glasgow and compared them against the statistics we were given by the police chief for Porto Beach. I then contributed to the discussions on the wiki regarding victimology. • •Week 3: Weeks threes task was to consider community projects that had been introduced in each area to help prevent crime, and then to apply this to Portobeach in an attempt to devise a plan to reduce crime in Portobeach. I put forward my opinions in on ways in which to do this on the muster report page where I suggested the use of CCTV cameras in the area. • • Week 4: This weeks task was to generate the press release which the public and media information team attended to. I had commented about the perils of creating a moral panic which could result in people fleeing from the area. • •Week 5: In this final week, I summarised the information regarding week one and week three to allow this information to be added to the presentation detailing what work the team had carried out. I also completed the slide to be added detailing the information and work I personally had carried out throughout this task.

27. Rosanna Chapman – Contribution to the PortoBeach Investigation. • The Biggest Challenge: The biggest challenge I found with the task was juggling this task alongside my other coursework commitments. Working on my dissertation takes up a vast amount of my time, so keeping up with the developments on the wiki on a daily basis was quite difficult and time consuming. • A comment on the skills you have acquired that would be useful in the real worldand in future employment: The task appeared to be primarily a test of communication skills, where we all had to work together in order to complete the work in an effective and timely manner. Initially the team started off slow, but as we grew in confidence, our teamwork skills progressed significantly and this allowed us to work together and delegate tasks to each other. Teamwork skills are hugely important skills in employment, and I feel that my own skills have improved significantly as my confidence grew enabling  me to discuss and manage the task efficiently.

28. Paula Lomax’s Contributions Week 1: -providing a case study of a murder from my local area. I was able to provide relevant and concise information under the required headings about Louis Brathwaite’s murder. Week 2: - provided statistical information relating to my local area (Manchester) and discussed in relation to PortoBeach murder rates. I contributed to discussion around budget costs and provided solutions for PortoBeach crime rate issues in relation to public confidence and involvement to reduce crime in a way that considers cost yet public safety. I created a page for muster report discussions to use as a clear return point to see what our tasks entailed each week and also another page to hold clear information on the 5 Murders agreed by the group. Week 3:- provided local community links which could be addressed to PortoBeach. For example, Mother’s Against Violence, which worked with a lot of gang related crimes and CARISMA which also fights against violent and gang crimes both of which relevant to the crimes in PortoBeach. I added the existing community links page to the side bar for clear and easy accessibility for all team members. Week 5:- added information to power point and uploaded group member’s work onto power point slides and edited where necessary. Overall contributions: Providing ideas to discussions and maintaining organisation where necessary. Offering suggestions to enforce clear discussion pages and work orientation. A comment on the biggest challenge you faced: • The biggest challenge was working with people who I have never met before and adjusting to the way we all worked together. Personally I did find it difficult to adjust to begin with but once I had gathered the way other people worked i.e. turn around time of work and work load, I started to work with the pace of everyone else. However, at times communication could be difficult as posts could easily be missed due to the long pages of comments. A comment on the skills you have acquired that would be useful in the real world and in future employment: • Effective communication has been one of skills I improved on which would help in future employment as many jobs entail long distance communication via email. Names had to be used at the beginning or in our comments to show who we wanted to address and get our message across effectively. Also, the organisations of topic pages were important in order for other members of the team to view them clearly. Time management was important for this 5 week task as we all had ongoing assignments and dissertations and keeping up to date with the wiki was important. This skill comes to play in the real world everyday and also in any future employment.

29. Joe Milonas Contributions: • Week 1: Office 7 selected roles and I selected the role of Senior Investigative Officer (SIO). Provided a case study from my local area. This case study was on my friends D/S York and D/S Lopez who were murdered. Sent the first report to the Chief on the case studies provided by office 7. • Week 2: Provided statistical information on the murder rates in Florida and compared them to PortoBeach. Sent report to the Chief on office 7 findings. • Week 3: Reviewed the community links provided by some of office 7 and sent report to the Chief on this. • Week 4: Reviewed the in depth and informational official press release provided by team members and sent report to the Chief. • Week 5: Reviewed the detailed PowerPoint and made a slide on my contributions. • A comment on the biggest challenged you faced. The biggest challenge was working with students from other countries. This was quickly overcome. • A comment on the skills you have acquired that would be useful in the real world and in future employment. Communication is always a skill that can be worked on. This project has helped some in communicating with others in other parts of the world. In law enforcement, communication between the public and other law enforcement agencies is a skill that is important.

30. Sarah Morris Contributions • Week 1:  It was in this first week that us all at office 7 began looking through the roles and selecting who we felt would prefer and work best at each role. I selected the role of Public Information Officer (PIR). This week I also provided a case study of a murder which had recently occurred in my area of Manchester, I chose to cover the murder of Connor Black. • —  Week 2:  This week I gathered information on the murder rates from Manchester and compared them against the statistics we were given by the police chief for Porto Beach. • —  Week 3: Week three, my task was to gather information and gain insight into community links in my area that were helping to tackle youth and knife crime and found out what local communities were doing to help the police. • —  Week 4: This week I helped members of my team to decide how the press release would be generated, and overviewed the final press release. • —  Week 5: This week, I helped generate the presentation though adding information for the task that occurred in week four, I also made a slide to present what my contributions have been throughout the Porto Beach Project. • —  The Biggest Challenge – I found that the biggest challenge that I faced was trying to understand the Wiki Site and keeping in contact with students from other countries. This problem only lasted the first couple of weeks however, and then I found myself more confident using the Wiki site. •    —  A comment on the skills you have acquired that would be useful in the real world and in future employment – I feel that the biggest skill that I have required throughout this task, as simply as it may sound it cooperation with others. This I feel is especially useful as in any area in the future cooperation with team and staff members is a vital tool to doing well.

31. Kadie Flaherty’s Contributions: • Week 1: Introducing myself to the group and helping to assign each other and myself a role and providing a case study of a murder local to me • Week 2: Provided statistics on Manchester for use in a comparison with Porto beach • Week 3: Provided information for Florida and Manchester on community initiatives to work against gun and knife crime. • Week 5: added my personal slides to the presentation and tried to catch up on any missed work A comment on the biggest challenge you faced: The biggest challenge I faced was not being the leader of the group, I like to have things done my own way but learnt to compromise and work as a team member instead of a team leader. I also found it difficult as some people seemed to have a lot more free time to keep up to date and found myself being left with little to do as it had all been done. A comment on the skills you have acquired that would be useful in the real world and in future employment: I have learnt that I cannot always be in charge in group and team work, which will be good when I am being told what to do off my boss when I am working

32. Abira Rana’s Contributions • Week 1: Introduction to the group/office 7, in hopes of getting to know the other people in the office better. Also presented the case study murder of Mrs Sana Ali. Helped in assigning and choosing roles for the coming weeks. • Week 2: Provided statistics on Manchester for use in a comparison with Porto beach • Week 3: Provided information and suggestions on community initiatives in reducing crime rates at Porto Beach. Also the various and most appropriate ways of dealing with vigilantism and other issues arising at Porto Beach. • Week 4: The press release was generated this week with a great deal of help from the information gathered from previous weeks. • Week 5: Formation of the presentation slide along with the individual personal contributions slide. A comment on the biggest challenge you faced: The biggest challenge I faced was getting my head around the layout of PB works, as it proved to be a bit confusing. Also found it difficult to keep up with the flow of information as some of the members had more time during the beginning of the week, which left me with little to contribute as most of the work was already accomplished. A comment on the skills you have acquired that would be useful in the real world and in future employment: The skill of communicating and working with people from other parts of the world over the internet. This is particularly a useful skill as one could easily have to work with people in the form of partnerships/projects from various agencies or groups using various communication methods other than face to face communication.