Integrating Smart Policing into the
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This project was supported by Grant No. 2009-DG-BX-K021 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which
also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or
opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Objective
Review information necessary to:
 Prepare yourself and the organization
 Structure the organization to facilitate Smart
Policing
 Put Smart Policing into action
 Make Smart Policing part of your legacy
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Prepare Yourself and the Organization
Understand strategic concepts
 Smart
Policing
 Problem-oriented policing
 Community policing
 Intelligence-led policing
 Evidence-based
Evidence based policing
 Hot spots policing
 Predictive policing
 Broken windows policing
 Compstat
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Understand how Smart Policing relates to
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Preventive patrol
Emergency response
Routine incident response
Criminal investigation
Problem solving
Know your agency’s
agency s strengths and
limitations
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Conduct an organizational audit
Know what needs improving
Develop an organizational change plan
Articulate your vision
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Signal what is important to you
Internal audiences
 External audiences
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 Political
leaders
 General public
 Mass media
 Police oversight bodies
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Manage organizational change
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Understand what you are committing the
organization to
Anticipate
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support
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and resistance
Set ambitious, yet realistic goals
Tidal wave
Rising tide
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Clarify roles and responsibilities
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Field officers
Specialized unit officers
Detectives
Supervisors and commanders
Support staff
Analysts
 Communications
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Get the right people
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Recruit, hire, and promote analytical officers
Teach recruits Smart Policing principles and
methods
Teach supervisors to lead and manage in a
Smart Policing
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Identify, cultivate and support internal
champions in the organization
Structure the Organization to Facilitate
Smart Policing
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Decide whether to specialize or
generalize
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Policing
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Decentralize the organization
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Develop systems to identify problems
Develop the agency’s
agency s analysis capacity
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Develop credible assessment capacity
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Optimize employee performance
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Design performance accountability systems
Reward and recognize Smart Policing
Challenge employees to improve performance
Put Smart Policing Into Action
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Affix responsibility for addressing
problems
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Project tracking and management systems
Records management
Officer accountability
Provide support for Smart Policing
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Analysis
Administration
Finance
Legal
Political
Training
Manage officers’ time to facilitate Smart
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Policing
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Cultivate and manage effective
partnerships
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Local government
Prosecutors and corrections
Community organizations
Other police agencies
Document Smart Policing efforts
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Recognize and celebrate success
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Make Smart Policing Part of Your Legacy
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Cultivate constituencies for Smart
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Mass media
Public
Government officials
Prosecutors
Other criminal justice officials
Police oversight authorities
Cultivate Smart Policing organizational
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Value of hard data and analysis
Value of collaborative action
Value of shared responsibility
Develop your successors
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Summary
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Keys to successful integration of SPI
 Assess agency strengths and limitations
 Plan for
for, and manage
manage, organizational change supportive of
SPI
 Clarify roles and responsibilities pertaining to SPI
 Hire personnel with SPI abilities
 Train personnel in SPI and related concepts
 Decentralize
 Develop assessment and analytic systems and capabilities
 Optimize employee performance
 Take action: assign responsibilities, provide support,
manage officers’ time, develop effective collaborations,
document yyour effort,, celebrate success,, cultivate
agency leaders
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Group Task (10-15 minutes)
Consider the range of recommendations for
integrating SPI into your organization
Conduct a quick assessment of how many of the
recommendations you have taken action on, or
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have
plans
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Pick two or three action items you think are most
critical for your agency’s integration of SPI,
SPI and
discuss how you can realistically effect action in
those areas.
Have a team representative ready to report back
to the general session.
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