Organizational Capacity
& Operational Readiness


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