Police & Law Enforcement Services Organization and Management

Contents

• Administration
• Strategic Planning
• Provisions Establishing Police Departments
• Police Advisory Boards
• Police Review Boards
• Police Reserves
• Risk Management
• Accreditation
• Policy & Procedures Manuals
• Public Records

Administration

•  Police Chiefs Desk Reference: A Guide for Newly Appointed Police Leaders ( 3.19 MB),  1st ed.,  International Association of Chiefs of Police, under grant number 1997-DD-BX-0043, awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 2004.
• Police Facility Planning Guidelines: A Desk Reference for Law Enforcement Executives ( 190 KB), International Association of Chiefs of Police, Published in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, December 2001
• Intelligence-Led Policing: The New Intelligence Architecture  ( 475 KB), Marilyn Peterson; Bureau of Justice Assistance, September 2005. NCJ 210681

Strategic Planning

• Kent 2007-2011 Kent Police Strategic Plan ( 3 MB)
• Sequim Police Department Five-Year Strategic  Policing Plan FY2006-2012: The 2012 Policing Plan ( 663 KB), November 2006
• Portland Police Bureau Community Policing Strategic Plans

Provisions Establishing Police Departments

• Bothell Municipal Code Chapter 2.28 - Police Department
• Kent Municipal Code Chapter 2.22 - Police Department
• Renton Municipal Code Title III, Chapter 8 - Police Department
• Gig Harbor Municipal Code Chapter 2.47  - Police Department
• Union Gap Municipal Code  Chapter 2.06 - Police Department

Police Advisory Boards

• Eugene, Oregon Police Commission
• Ocean Shores Municipal Code Chapter 2.30 - Community Police Advisory Board
• Redmond Community Policing Advisory Board
• Richland Citizen Advisory Board
• Tukwila Ordinance No. 2082 ( 68 KB) - Amends Ch. 2.39, community-oriented policing citizens advisory board
• Yelm Municipal Code Chapter. 2.51 - Establishes a police advisory committee

Police Review Boards

• Citizen Review of Police: Approaches and Implementation, ( 3.18 MB) by Peter Finn, National Institute of Justice, NCJ publication 184430, 2001
• Seattle Professional Accountability Review Board
  • Seattle Municipal Code Section 3.28.600-660 - Office of Professional Accountability Review Board
  • Sample City Council Recruitment Notice for PAR Board
• Spokane Municipal Code Chapter 4.26 - Citizens' Review Commission

Police Reserves

• Everett Municipal Code Chapter 2.52 - Police Reserve Unit
• Selah Municipal Code  Section 1.10.047 - Police Reserve Unit
• Sumner Police Reserve Program
• Sumner Municipal Code Chapter 2.70 - Police Reserve System
• Sunnyside Police Reserve Officer Program
• Tumwater Municipal Code Chapter 2.40 - Police Reserve

Risk Management - Liability

• Managing Your Risk : Special Police Issue, Association of Washington Cities Risk Management Services Agency, March 2001.
• Police in Society Lecture Notes - Civil Liability, From Course Pages on Web for Justice Studies 205, North Carolina Wesleyan College
• Issues: Police Practices, American Civil Liberties Union Washington

Public Records Management and Disclosure

• Washington General Retention Schedule for Law Enforcement Agencies ( 695 KB), Local Government Records Committee, May 2007
• Public Records Act ( 900 KB), MRSC Report No. 61, May 2007 
• Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies 5th edition,  Chapter 82 - Records, Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.  Contact CALEA
• Sample On-line Request Information
  • Oak Harbor Request for Records Service Form
  • Redmond Police Public Disclosure Information

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