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Business Plan

Strengthen Our Communities
Improve Quality of Life and Place

Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
Unity Council - Recommendations for Police
Arlington Police Department

Summary:
Improve Transparency Enhance Community Policing
Each year, the Police Department delivers an Annual Community policing remains a top priority for the department.
Report to City Council containing crime statistics, details Employees are encouraged and empowered to regularly
about the department’s latest crime-fighting strategies, organize and attend events throughout the City. These events
and other important information about the agency. are highlighted weekly with calendar invites to ensure
Additionally, they submit yearly Use of Force and Racial employee awareness. Newly hired officers participate in
Profiling reports in an effort to promote transparency. The community projects throughout their academy instruction
department makes all of these reports available to the experience. Upon graduation, they are assigned to field
public on their website. In coordination with the City of training. As a revamp to the department's field training
Arlington, the department launched a new website in 2025 program, the department will look for ways to have recruit
designed to make information easier to find and officers and their training officers participate in more
access. The City welcomes feedback from the public as it community events, visit stores, and restaurants in the beat
works to implement the recommendations of the Unity areas that they will be assigned to develop deeper
Council. relationships with community members and businesses. We
have added community contact mark outs to the dispatch
system to track officer activity. We are also re-emphasizing the
Community Service Award Bar.

Strengthen Our Communities

Improve Quality of Life and Place
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
Unity Council - Youth Investment Participation Police
Programs

Summary:
Youth mentoring programs consisted with effective
st
implementation of the President’s Task Force on 21
Century Policing offer promising approaches to building
trust. The department is one of 15 cities selected to
st
participate in the 21 Century Policing program to serve
as a model of community policing for other police
departments. The department continues to be focused on
youth engagement and has increased programs to directly
engage youth.

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