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5-Year + Outlook

The Colleyville Police Department is well positioned to take on the challenges over the next
five (5) years. Fiscal years 2020 and 2021 have prepared us to deal with a global pandemic
and peaceful protests in the City of Colleyville – both things we have never experienced
before. We will be better prepared if we face these challenges again in the next several years.
During the last two years, we have worked hard to fill open positions, provide additional tools
to our officers and detectives, meet or exceed industry best practices through state and
national accreditation, positively engage with our community through many channels, and
provide for the well-being of our workforce.

Policing continues to change at break-neck speed. The last two years challenged many law
enforcement agencies around the country as most agencies found their Use of Force policies
and procedures inadequate as calls for police reform grew louder after the death of George
Floyd. Agencies, like ours, that had previously achieved law enforcement accreditation, found
that we had already implemented almost all of reforms that experts were recommending.
Over the last 3 ½ year, we worked to align our agency’s policies and procedures with national
best practices. The culmination of this effort was attaining national law enforcement
accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.
(CALEA) in November of 2021. We will continue to equip our team with the most up-to-date
technology that will positively impact their productivity and efficacy. We will also ensure they
are equipped with tools, such as body-worn and in-car cameras, to ensure accountability and
transparency so that we maintain the trust of our community. We will continue to invest in
training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, procedural justice, implicit bias, and officer
safety and wellness, just to name a few, to ensure our officers have the skills necessary for
constitutional policing.

We will continue to be an intelligence led, data driven, and strategy focused agency. We will
continue to use technology to help us understand the trends and patterns of crimes in our
city and develop effective strategies to disrupt them. We will use this information to most
effectively deploy our resources. One of these new tools that will be procured over this time
period is a new Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System. This new system
will be state-of-the-art and will provide streamlined access to law enforcement and fire
department records, enhanced crime analysis tools, electronic case management , and
upgraded 911 and dispatch capability.

The demographics and culture of the Colleyville Police Department will significantly change
over the next five (5) years as well. Since mid-2018, we have hired more than a quarter of
our authorized sworn workforce to replace those who have retired or left the agency for one
reason or another. This means that we will have a much younger and less experienced
department in the near term. While these new employees will bring new positive energy and
enthusiasm, management will have to be strategic when developing policy and procedures
and providing training and career development. Leadership training and succession planning
will play a significant role in determining the sustainability of our success as an organization
going forward. To support this effort, the City Council approved additional funds for ongoing
training for our personnel in the 2022 budget.

In closing, we will continue to be strategic in planning for the future and equipping our
employees with the knowledge, training and technology they need to do their job with
excellence. We will continue to uphold and live out our values of Integrity, Service and
Innovation as we proudly serve this great community.

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