National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice.

Reaction Paper of Chapter 3 (see attachment)
Book: Walsh, D.W.,et al. (2012). National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
IMPORTANT: this paper is going to be electronic submitted through Turnitin.com to check for plagiarism
you must submit APA style and formatted Reaction Papers of no less than 3 pages plus the abstract page (12 pitch), excluding the wording in the Cover page, Abstract page, and Reference page.
Reaction Papers must be in full APA style and format including the cover page, abstract page, in-text citations, properly placed page numbers, running heads, and a reference page identifying all sources. Your Reaction Papers must address a minimum of one full chapter of the assigned readings for the Module.
No more than 25 % of each written assignment in this course may be attributed to referenced sources. Your papers must be 75% original thought. Again, your cited work and quotations must not exceed 25%. Failure to properly use in-text citations or required quotation formatting will be considered evidence of potential Academic Honor Code violations. The submission of writings from prior courses, classes, schools, colleges, or universities to fulfill assignment requirements in this class will be referred as a potential Academic Code Violation.
It is strongly suggested you follow the following logical flow in presenting your reaction paper: critical overview of the entire reading, significant facts or information disclosed, and a conclusion based upon inductive or deductive reasoning flowing from the assigned reading. A Reaction Paper is designed to develop and sharpen your critical thinking, cognitive skills, and problem-solving abilities, as well as your writing skills. Your objective in writing this assignment is to clearly articulate your assessment of the information presented by the author(s) and to formulate and clarify your position on or reaction to the writings.
Avoid I will . . . and My paper will . . . and “This paper will . . .” constructions in your writings. In other words, the use of I and My and “We” in your written work must be avoided.

Below is a sample writing of an APA Abstract w/ keywords (Keywords capture the central or major focal points of the reading) for papers. APA in-text citations, APA reference citations, and APA quotation requirements are also provided below. Additional APA guidelines are found under the “Resources” link on the Course Home navigation menu.

Abstract
In 2007, Joseph Schafer and other contributing researchers conducted an in-depth investigation of policing in the future in the book entitled Policing 2020: Exploring the Future of Crime, Communities, and Policing. Within the text authors Sean Varano, Jeffrey Cancino, James Glass, & Roger Enriquez addressed information management in Chapter 9, Police Information Management. Collectively, the authors discussed the topics of data collection, data storage, data sharing and analytics. This paper critically analyzes Chapter 9 and validates the reading through additional cited sources identified in the paper while also presenting additional conclusive research indicating many police agencies are making progress towards achieving the recommendations provided by Varano and his co-authors.
Keywords: information management, crime data, criminal analytics, CrimeStat
How to Cite a Website in APA
Structure:
Last, F. M. (Year, Month Date Published). Article title. Retrieved from URL
Example:
Satalkar, B. (2010, July 15). Water aerobics. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com
Cain, K. (2012, June 29). The Negative Effects of Facebook on Communication. Social
MediaToday RSS. Retrieved from http://socialmediatoday.com
How to Cite a Book Reference in Print in APA
Structure:
Last, F. M. (Year Published) Book. City, State: Publisher.
Examples:
James, H. (1937). The ambassadors. New York, NY: Scribner.
Rowling, J.K. (2001). Harry Potter and the socerer’s stone. London: Bloomsburg
Children’s.
Swanson, C.R., Territo, L., & Taylor, R.L. (2012). Police Administration: Structures,
Processes and Behavior, 8th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
In-Text Citation without quotes:
Research by Swanson, Territo, & Taylor (2012) supports the contention that capable leadership is an essential aspect of efficient and effective police administration (Swanson, Territo, & Taylor, 2012).
Short Quotes
If you are directly quoting from a work, you will need to include the author, year of publication, and the page number for the reference (preceded by “p.”). Introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author’s last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses.
According to Davis (2008), “Students frequently have challenges using the APA style and format, especially when it was their first use” (p. 201).
Davis (2008) found “Students frequently have challenges using the APA style and format” (p. 201); what implications does this have for professors?
If the author is not named in a signal phrase, place the author’s last name, the year of publication, and the page number in parentheses after the quotation.
He stated, “Students frequently have challenges using the APA style and format” (Davis, 2008, p. 201), but he did not provide specific reasoning.