5. Strategic Priorities Exercise The strategic priorities exercise challenged the committee to critically think about what the department should focus on in the next five years. Through this exercise, the Strategic Plan Advisory Committee developed five strategic priority statements that were used as the foundation to create the plan. Below are the draft and finalized five priorities developed by the committee.
Draft Priorities 1. Staffing 2. Culture where everyone ’ s voice matters 3. Excel in communications 4. Meaningful Partnerships and Community Engagement 5. Address needs of High - Risk Youths
Finalized Strategic Priorities Based on Strategic Plan Advisory Committee Input 1. Provide the optimum level of well - trained and prepared employees to achieve objectives and meet the needs of a growing community. 2. Create a culture in the department where all people are empowered, healthy, and resilient. 3. Be a model for excellence in internal and external communication. 4. Continue to develop meaningful strategies that result in crime reduction. 5. Continue to implement the best practices of community policing that enhance the safety of both officers and the public. 6. Strategic Objectives Exercise Strategic Plan Advisory Committee members were assigned to five strategic priority working groups. Each group focused on developing draft objectives for an assigned Strategic Priority. The objectives developed by the committee were finalized by Police Executive Staff in the final plan. Below are the draft strategic objectives received from the committee for each strategic priority. Strategic Priority 1 Provide the optimum level of well - trained and prepared employees to achieve objectives and meet the needs of a growing community. DRAFT Objectives: • Identify needs of community by keeping up with population growth with staffing and reviewing staff study data annually. • Mirroring the population demographics in hiring. • Identify and ensure we have adequate level of funding to achieve strategic priority 1. • Define metrics and standards of training that uphold core values, vision, and mission (culture). • Every time an officer is ‘ reviewed ’ they understand culture so they are prepared to meet objectives. Strategic Priority 2 Create a culture in the department where all people are empowered, healthy, and resilient. DRAFT Objectives: • Collectively define empowerment, health, and resilience. • Collect data on activities that track empowerment, health, and resilience. • Conduct annual surveys to measure progress and perception. • Implement a Trauma - Informed Community model in FWPD.
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