Item A: Eugene Police Department Strategic Plan

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Environmental Scan A traditional Strengths-Weaknesses-Obstacles-Threats (SWOT) analysis was not exclusively used as an environmental scan in favor of a more inclusive and interactive compilation of existing public and employee surveys, internal planning meetings and communications, as well as input from many community groups. This input includes comments received at many public forums including meetings of the Eugene Mayor and Council, the Police and Human Rights Commissions, and neighborhood and service organizations. It also incorporates input from a SWOT analysis and internal focus groups and planning meetings conducted in 2001-2002 for a strategic planning process that was not completed at the time. Also considered were the results of a major management study of the EPD by ICMA-PERF which included interviews with many community, city, and department stakeholders. This rich mix of input resulting from the expanded environmental scan has been synthesized into the following elements of the strategic plan and its priorities. Values EPD has a long-standing set of shared values that represent our people and our work. These values were reviewed and affirmed as guiding principles for our collective vision for the future and the goals, objectives, and priorities of our organization. Vision EPD’s Vision Statement builds on the City of Eugene’s Vision Statement, providing a sense of the desired future of public safety in the community and the manner in which it is provided. It builds on desired outcomes as reported in the City of Eugene budget. Neighborhood-Based Community Policing Philosophy The Neighborhood-Based Community Policing Philosophy is a professional statement of definition of community policing that will be used in Eugene. Elements of the definition will be used in community policing goals, several related strategic initiatives, and as evaluation criteria to gauge progress both in Eugene and as a benchmark measure for comparison with other police agencies professing a community policing philosophy. Mission The Eugene Police Department is one of several departments of the City of Eugene. It has a unique mission in support of the overall City’s mission and goals. The mission statement is an expression of that unique role, its primary attributes, and the manner in which the organization performs its role toward achieving the stated vision. Considerable consideration was given to revising the Mission Statement but the overall sentiment expressed by most stakeholders was that the existing mission statement remains relevant and inspiring, accurately describing unique EPD’s role toward achieving the City of Eugene’s vision.