Item A: Eugene Police Department Strategic Plan

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Eugene Police Department Strategic Plan Meeting Date: November 9, 2005 Agenda Item Number: A Department: Eugene Police Staff Contact: Robert M. Lehner www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5102 ISSUE STATEMENT The purpose of this work session is to provide an update on the status of the draft strategic plan for the Eugene Police Department (EPD). The department has been engaged in the strategic planning process over the past year and is in the final stages of the draft development. BACKGROUND The most recent police department strategic plan was adopted in 1994. Over the past eleven years, the department has changed leadership several times and the Eugene community has experienced considerable growth and change. The draft strategic plan is a combination of the input of many stakeholders and processes. Literally hundreds of voices from the community are present in the initiatives put forth in the plan. Many department staff, from all divisions, and key community stakeholders have participated in the development of descriptions of the programs and services provided by the Police Department. As its major work plan item in 2005, the Eugene Police Commission accomplished a detailed review of EPD’s complaint handling systems. Its recommendations regarding the external review of complaints involving City police employees has been referred by the City of Eugene to the voters for a Special Election on November 8, 2005. A major review of the Eugene Police Department’s (EPD) hiring, selection, training and supervision practices was conducted by the International City-County Management Association (ICMA) and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) in March 2005. The Police Chief and Human Resources/Risk Services Director responded to the review with a preliminary action plan in May 2005. The ICMA-PERF Action Plan identifies the new strategic plan as the critical process necessary to provide a framework for prioritizing and implementing initiatives resulting from these two reviews. Further, development of the strategic plan was identified as necessary for the consideration of needs associated with existing programs and future agency goals which were outside the scope of the reviews. One of the Mayor and City Council’s eight priority issues, “Complete and Consider Police Department Reviews and Implement Appropriate Changes,” is also directly tied to the police strategic plan. The recommended action plans for each strategic priority are now under development and can be found in the strategic plan’s initiatives and in the descriptions of associated programs. The timing of the development and implementation of the plan has been synchronized to incorporate input from the three processes underway: the ICMA/PERF Action Plan, the Police Commission’s review of complaint-handling systems, and the City Council’s priority issues. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M051109\S051109A.doc