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RESOLUTION R-1718-92: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $15,000 FROM STATE SEIZURE ACCOUNT TO FUND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
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BACKGROUND: The policing profession is constantly changing and seeking to improve how policing services are provided to citizens. A goal of the Norman Police Department is to ensure supervisors receive training that addresses the changes that are taking place in the field of law enforcement. New technologies and privacy issues, the implications of cybercrime, and constantly evolving terror threats represent new and difficult challenges for police that did not exist a generation ago. Communities also expect more from their police departments in terms of procedural justice, increased accountability and transparency, appropriate use of force and racial reconciliation. Plus, today's recruits differ in significant ways from previous generations. Police executives must find new ways to address these issues and deliver a wider scope of services, often with fewer resources. The very nature of leadership in policing is changing. This items seeks appropriation of available funding to provide executive leadership training.
DISCUSSION: The programs that command staff will attend provide intensive training in the latest management concepts and practices used in law enforcement and local government. The trainings also include discussions of the most challenging issues facing law enforcement today. Executive leadership training presented by the staff of Senior Management Institute of Policing and the Harvard Kennedy School prepare attendees to address the current and future challenges in policing. Command staff members are expected to attend at least one executive level training as part of career development.
The programs also focus on leadership and executive development. The curriculum is much more conceptual than technical and requires participants to think in br...
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