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You are a sergeant in a medium-size police agency. Evan, a probationary police officer, has been assigned to you as a direct report. Your agency is currently understaffed and is experiencing severe budget constraints. For these reasons, it is not planning to hire any officers for at least one year. Evan has completed basic preservice and field training and is finishing the probationary officer phase of training in two weeks. Your commanding officer has asked you to review Evan’s performance and submit a report including your recommendation as to whether the agency should retain Evan. Evan passed the academy with minimal grades and, in your view, has demonstrated average to below-average performance. He finally completed field training only after being allowed to extend the training several times and after receiving numerous hours of remedial help. He needs constant supervision, takes longer than his peers to complete assignments, and continually asks for remedial training from you. Other officers in your platoon have said that Evan often asks for advice regarding how he should handle calls-for-service.  On the other hand, Evan is never out sick, always arrives at work on time, and has a positive attitude. He is also well-liked by his fellow officers and appears to get along with other commanders and with members of the community. Indeed, several community residents have commented on Evan’s helpfulness and his sensitivity to cultural differences in their neighborhood.  Answer the following questions: After weighing Evan’s positive and negative qualities and performance, would you recommend that your agency retain Evan? Why or why not?  If you would recommend retaining Evan, would you offer him any training and/or developmental opportunities to help improve his performance? If so, what types of training or development would you want to provide? How might you take your agency’s budgetary constraints into account during this decision? Given Evan’s strengths and weaknesses, along with your agency’s fiscal constraints, how could Evan best be deployed if the agency retains him? What types of assignments would make the best use of his skills and strengths? What types of assignments would be least appropriate for him? Your submission should be a 3-4 page APA formatted paper. Must be submitted as a Word document.