Organizational Transformation
Organizational transformation is the alignment of management, structure, personnel, and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving. It is a primary element of community policing. COPS Office resources focus on how departments are organized and managed and how their infrastructure can be changed to support the philosophical shift inherent in community policing. Organizational transformation encourages the application of modern management practices to increase efficiency and effectiveness and emphasizes changes in organizational structures and a variety of processes.
| An Assessment of Cost Reduction Strategies in a New Economy: Technical Report and Survey Monograph Discusses potential cost reducing strategies for U.S. agencies through surveying various strategies employed to reduce costs or increase efficiency to maintain their level of service delivery and community policing |
Building a 311 System |
| Building a Regional Communications Plan Presents the basic steps in building a regional communications plan to improve interoperability and, ultimately, joint response to emergencies |
Community Policing: A First-Line Supervisor's Perspective This publication contains examples for how supervisors can lead by example to drive cultural change within their agencies and build community partnerships. |
| Community Policing: A Patrol Officer's Perspective This publication contains examples of officer-led problem solving and relationship building and guidelines for understanding community policing concepts and practices. |
Consolidated Public Safety Departments: A Census and Administrative Examination Helps law enforcement organizations exploring options for sharing, consolidating, or regionalizing public safety services with other public sector entities |
| Cross-Deputization in Indian Country Jurisdiction in Indian country has long been complicated by multifaceted tribal, state, and federal laws, policies, and court decisions, making it difficult for law enforcement to effectively address many types of criminal offenses. |
Disaster Planning & Recovery: 9-1-1 Center Survivability Addresses questions about preparing 911 centers to sustain a catastrophic event and learning from past experiences |
| E-COP: Using the Web to Enhance Community Oriented Policing Highlights those technologies that are changing the way police are engaging with communities and delivering services |
Essentials for Leaders: A Performance-Based Approach to Police Staffing Allocation Provides summaries of existing and new COPS Office publications and resources, tailored for executives |
| Future Trends in Policing Discusses how current issues will determine the future of policing |
Good to Great Policing: Application of Business Management Principles in the Public Sector Takes the core principles articulated by Jim Collins in his best-selling book "Good to Great" and applies them to law enforcement |
| Identifying and Measuring the Effects of Information Technologies on Law Enforcement Agencies Provides information that will help police departments measure the effects of information technologies to support community policing activities |
Implementing a Body-Worn Camera Program: Recommendations and Lessons Learned Covers research on body-worn camera implementation, including interviews with police executives, a review of agencies' policies, and experts discussing their experiences with body-worn cameras |
| Innovations in Police Recruitment and Hiring: Hiring in the Spirit of Service Shares how five agencies participate in a COPS Office-funded project to recruit and hire service-oriented employees |
Integrating Civilian Staff into Police Agencies Describes issues surrounding the employment and use of civilian employees by police agencies |
| Interoperable Communications Training and Exercises Addresses the importance of interoperable communications training and exercises and explores the types of exercises available to the public safety community |
Law Enforcement Tech Guides |
| Leading, Structuring, and Managing a Problem-Oriented Police Agency Helps police executives decide what steps to take to make POP an integral part of how their police agency does business |
Midsize Police Agencies: Surviving, Thriving, and Forging a New Business Model for Law Enforcement in a Post-Recession Economy Offers thought-provoking considerations and solutions for midsize police agencies |
| A Performance-Based Approach to Police Staffing Allocation Highlights the current staffing allocation landscape for law enforcement agencies and provides a practical step-by-step approach for any agency to assess its own patrol staffing |
Performance Measurement and Interoperability Defines interoperable communications, performance measures, and the SAFECOM Interoperability Continuum |
| A Police Organizational Model for Crime Reduction Presents a new and comprehensive organizational model, called the Stratified Model of Problem Solving, Analysis, and Accountability, for the institutionalization of effective crime reduction strategies into police agencies |
Police Recruitment and Retention for the New Millennium Summarizes for police practitioners lessons on recruiting and retaining diverse, effective workforces |
| Rank and File: Reflections on Emerging Issues in Law Enforcement In August 2017, 40 rank-and-file officers met for a roundtable to discuss their roles in implementing their agencies' community policing policies and operations. |
Risk Management in Law Enforcement: Discussions on Identifying and Mitigating Risk for Officers, Departments, and the Public In the course of executing their duties, law enforcement agencies are vulnerable to costly lawsuits by officers and community members for claims of misconduct, harm, or violation of rights - lawsuits that can undermine not only the financial security of the agencies but also the well-being of the officers and the public they serve. |
| Strategies for Reducing Police Agency Service Delivery Costs: Practitioner Guide Helps law enforcement agencies identify cost reduction strategies that would work well for their agencies |
