This course helps participants to make the most of differences and diversities. Lectures, discussions, and participatory exercises provide a firm grounding in identifying positive elements of differences and taking a leadership role in solving community problems. Community members and public officials are especially welcome to enroll in this important course. Strategic Planning for COP Organizations Anticipating success in the transition from traditional to community policing, as an organizational way of life, requires extensive preparation and planning. These and other questions will be answered in this course.
Strategic planning provides a road map to fulfillment of the organization's mission and goals.
It provides a mechanism to evaluate the organization's progress, provides for adjustment where needed, and establishes a time frame within which pre-established milestones should be reached. Strategic planning is a process that results in a document which is used by all levels of the organization in reaching established expectations and goals.