Goal Statement
In keeping with our mission we will challenge ourselves not to be satisfied with our current capacity but seek to improve in our ability to prevent, respond to and mitigate any incident or threat and make it better.
“Leadership is the process of influencing human behavior to achieve organizational goals that serve the public, while developing individuals, teams and the organization for future service to the public” adopted from the IACP leadership in police organizations manual.
A leader is responsible for developing individuals who are capable of making future contributions to organizational goals, acting like leaders when called upon, and becoming formal leaders in the future. A high performance organization practices “shared responsibility” and has institutionalized “dispersed leadership” to achieve excellence in performance. An organization must have the capacity to adapt to rapid change brought by new environments and missions and to perform at higher levels in more complex situations. This requires leadership at all levels within the department.
| ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY & OPERATIONAL READINESS | ||
| Strategies | Person or Group | Goal Completion Date |
| Identify training officer. | Chief Thomas | 1st quarter 2006 COMPLETED |
| Develop comprehensive professional development program for all employees. | Leadership team | 2006 COMPLETED & ONGOING |
| Arrange for specialized training for those serving on special teams. | Lt. Davel | 2006 COMPLETED & ONGOING |
| Identify and have trained an officer in four of the five unified tactics. | Chief Thomas | 2006 COMPLETED |
| Identify and arrange for management training for senior officers. | Chief Thomas Lt. Davel | 2006 COMPLETED |
| Identify collateral assignments for employees. | Chief Thomas Capt. Keller | 2006 COMPLETED |
| Adopt the IACP reading list. | Chief Thomas | 4th quarter 2005 COMPLETED |
| Forecast needs and arrange for appropriate training. | Chief Thomas Lt. Davel | Ongoing |
| Arrange to have dispatchers trained in CPR and officers recertified in CPR/AED. | Lt. Davel | 2006 COMPLETED |
| Develop Honor Guard. | Chief Thomas Lt. Hingiss | 2nd quarter 2006 COMPLETED |
| Develop Evidence Tech team. | Lt. Barbuch | 2006 COMPLETED |