strategic planning Archives

Community Policing Strategic Plan

Recent decades have seen a steady evolution in the expectations of and demands on police officers. Highly publicized use-of-force incidents and officer-involved shootings have exacerbated a mistrust o...

Leadership

Scottsdale Police Department: Strategic Planning as a Management Philosophy

The Scottsdale Police department’s strategic planning initiative was designed to create a long-range plan that would identify the organization’s priorities and be the foundation for the organizati...

Crime & Violence

A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Demand for Services

Working with the community, the Akron Police Department developed a strategic crime control plan. The plan establishes 29 internal primary tasks that the department must complete to ensure that the co...

Leadership

Leadership Tactic: Personal Strategic Planning for Professional Development

At its core, strategic planning requires a backward thinking process. First, a vision of what is to ultimately be accomplished is determined, then goals are identified that will help to achieve the vi...