Police and Law Enforcement Services Organization and Management

Contents

• Introduction
• Administration
• Strategic Planning
• Provisions Establishing Police Departments
• Police Advisory Boards
• Police Review Boards
• Police Reserves
• Risk Management
• Public Records
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Law Enforcement Accreditation
  • Policy and Procedures Manuals
  • Social Media - Use by Law Enforcement

Introduction

This page focuses organization and management issues of interest to police and local law enforcement, including planning, boards, reserves, risk management and public records.

Administration

• Police Chiefs Desk Reference: A Guide for Newly Appointed Police Leaders (), 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, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Published in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, 12/001
• Intelligence-Led Policing: The New Intelligence Architecture (), Marilyn Peterson; Bureau of Justice Assistance, 09/2005. NCJ 210681

Strategic Planning

• Edmonds Police Department Multiyear Strategic Plan 2010-2014, updated 06/2010 ()
• Kent Police 2007-2011 Kent Police Strategic Plan ()
• Kent Police 2010-2013 Kent Police Strategic Plan ()
• King County Sheriff's Office
  • Strategic Business 5 year Strategic Plan, 2009-2014 ()
  • Strategic Business, 2011 Budget Update ()
• Richland Police Department Strategic Positioning Document
• Seattle Police Department 2010 Strategic Plan ()
• Sequim Police Department Five-Year Strategic Policing Plan FY2006-2012: The 2012 Policing Plan (), 11/2006
• Tacoma Police Department Police Department Strategic Business Plan (), 11/2006

Provisions Establishing Police Departments

• Bothell Municipal Code Ch. 2.28 - Police Department
• Kent Municipal Code Ch. 2.22 - Police Department
• Lynnwood Municipal Code Ch. 2.36 - Police Department
• Poulsbo Municipal Code Ch. 2.26 - Police Department
• Renton Municipal Code Title III, Ch. 8 - Police Department
• Snoqualmie Municipal Code Ch. 2.16 - Police Department - Regular
• Union Gap Municipal Code Ch. 2.06 - Police Department
• Yakima Municipal Code Ch. 1.48 - Police Department - Organization

Police Advisory Boards

• Ocean Shores Municipal Code Ch. 2.30 - Community Police Advisory Board established
• Oak Harbor Community Advisory Board
• Poulsbo Municipal Code Ch. 2.30 - Community Police Advisory Board established

Police Review Boards

• Citizen Review of Police: Approaches and Implementation, () by Peter Finn, National Institute of Justice, NCJ publication 184430, 2001
• Seattle Professional Accountability Review Board
  • Seattle Municipal Code Sec. 3.28.600-660 - Office of Professional Accountability Review Board
  • Seattle Civilian Oversight of Seattle Police Department ()
• Spokane Municipal Code Ch. 4.26 - Office of Police Ombudsman

Police Reserves

• Everett Municipal Code Ch. 2.52 - Police Reserve Unit
• Longview Police Reserve Unit
• Pullman Police Professional Reserve Information
• Selah Municipal Code Ch. 1.51 - Police Reserve Unit
• Sumner Municipal Code Chapter 2.70 - Police Reserve System
• Sunnyside Police Reserve Officer Program
• Tumwater Municipal Code Chapter 2.40 - Police Reserve
  • Tumwater Police Reserves

Risk Management - Liability

• Issues: Police Practices - American Civil Liberties Union Washington
• Risk Management Issues in Law Enforcement - Public Entity Risk Institute PERI Resource Library
• Two Risk Management Studies Support Accreditation - Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc, CALEA
  

Public Records Management and Disclosure

• Washington General Retention Schedule for Law Enforcement Agencies - Choose from Records Retention Listings
• Public Records Act (), MRSC Report No. 61 Revised, November 2009
• Standards for Law Enforcement Agencies 5th edition, Chapter 82 - Records, Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. Contact CALEA
• Sample Police Public Records Request
  • Oak Harbor Request for Police or Accident Report
  • Redmond Police Records Request

Related MRSC Resources

MRSC Index - Administration and organization