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Police

Top Goals and Objectives

Goal 1
Provide safety and security to all who reside, work, and travel through the City by responding to calls for service as
well as proactively policing. (Safety & Security)

Objective 1: Apply beat management and utilize available units to assist with calls and police presence.
Objective 2: Ensure adequate staffing levels to allow for proactive policing.
Objective 3: Utilize bike patrol details, traffic initiatives, and volunteer patrols to address areas of concern.

Goal 2
To create a safe and efficient driving experience for those that live and travel in the City by providing high officer
visibility and enforcing traffic laws. (Safety & Security)

Objective 1: Proactive enforcement of traffic laws.
Objective 2: Encourage safe and lawful travel through frequent officer visibility on the roadways.
Objective 3: Provide the necessary training and equipment to efficiently clear the roadways.
Goal 3
We will respond to Priority 1 emergency calls for service within 5 1/2 minutes. (Efficient & Effective Delivery of City
Services, Safety & Security)

Objective 1: To maintain safe driving habits while providing an expeditious response to those incidents of high
priority.
Objective 2: To provide officers with the proper training to ensure they continue to arrive safely to priority 1 calls
for service.
Objective 3: To train communications personnel to properly identify and categorize calls for service with the
appropriate priority response.
Goal 4
To exceed the national average for percentage of cases cleared. (Safety & Security, Efficient & Effective Delivery of City
Services)

Objective 1: Ensure proper staffing and training to enable thorough investigation of cases.
Objective 2: Effectively manage detective caseloads to enable thorough investigations.
Objective 3: Utilize special investigative resources and techniques to assist in clearing cases.

Goal 5
To create a safe community environment for citizens by protecting life and property through proactive policing and
responding to calls for service. (Safety & Security)

Objective 1: Proactively seek out and arrest criminal offenders responsible for crime in our community.
Objective 2: Utilize bicycle patrol officers to work high crime areas to decrease reported offenses.
Objective 3: Provide specialized training and equipment to those officers who respond to critical incidents.

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