Strategic Plan 2011 - 2015
Adopted January 11, 2011 during the 2011 Mid-Winter
Training Conference and Exposition held in St. Augustine, Florida.
Our Vision… The FPCA is the nation's pre-eminent
law enforcement professional association, speaking for Florida's chiefs and providing
guidance and leadership for the future of law enforcement and our communities.
Our Mission… To continuously enhance law
enforcement professionalism by providing a unified voice for police chiefs statewide and
nationally, serving as the public face of law enforcement executive leadership, and
providing a forum for executive education, development, and exchange of ideas.
Our Values… As the association of
Florida's police chiefs, we value the highest standards of excellence and performance which
are reflected in our:
- Commitment to service
- Professionalism
- Integrity
- Accountability
Our Strategic Goals
To fulfill its Vision and accomplish its Mission on behalf of Florida's law enforcement executive leadership, the
Florida Police Chiefs Association has identified a number of Strategic Goals:
GOAL 1: To support the professional development and
capabilities of Florida's Police Chiefs
GOAL 2: To enhance communication within and about the
Florida Police Chiefs Association
GOAL 3: To promote public safety through the
legislative process
GOAL 4: To effectively manage resources
of the Florida Police Chiefs Association
Within each of these goals are a series of over-arching strategies and specific, measurable
objectives which contribute to its completion. This plan utilizes a four-part time
frame for implementing and monitoring its objectives: on-going (those currently underway
but which are of such a mission critical nature to be monitored throughout this Strategic
Plan); short-term (those to be implemented between January 10, 2011, and June 30, 2012),
intermediate (expected to occur between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2014), and long-term
(anticipated after July 1, 2014). A number of these future objectives, once
implemented, will be continued indefinitely by the Florida Police Chiefs Association.
GOAL 1: To support
the professional development and capabilities of Florida's Police Chiefs
- Strategy: Enhance education and training of Florida's chiefs of police
On-going
Objective: To conduct on a
regular basis the FPCA Executive Seminar for Future
Chiefs of Police.
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To develop the curriculum for a FPCA Seminar on Police
Chief Survival
Skills
Objective: To conduct
the pilot class for the Executive Seminar on Police Chief
Survival Skills
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To conduct an annual training needs assessment
for Florida's police
chiefs
Objective: To expand the use of on-line training and other distance
learning
techniques for Florida's police chiefs and their staffs
- Strategy: Establish a Center for Excellence within the Florida Police Chiefs Association
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To develop a repository of best practices for use by Florida police chiefs
Objective: To develop a repository of model policies for use by Florida police chiefs
Objective: To develop a repository of position, issue, and research papers for use
by Florida police chiefs
- Strategy: Enhance support for newly appointed chiefs of police
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To re-establish and regularly present the Executive Seminar
for the
Recently Appointed Chief of Police
Objective: To enhance the mentoring program for newly appointed chiefs of police
Long-term Implementation
Objective: To develop a tool kit to guide newly appointed police chiefs as they
assume their office
- Strategy: Promote a program of certification and minimum continuing education requirements
for chiefs of police in Florida
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To develop and promulgate a position paper regarding the
need for
police chief standards, certification, and minimum annual continuing education
requirements in the State
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To develop a model curriculum for annual continuing education for
recognition and acceptance by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training
Commission and voluntary compliance by member chiefs.
Long-term Implementation
Objective: To seek legislation establishing a program of police chief
certification
and mandating annual continuing education requirements for chiefs of police.
GOAL 2: To
enhance communication within and about the Florida Police Chiefs Association
- Strategy: Promote public awareness about the vision, mission, values, responsibilities,
and activities of the Florida Police Chiefs Association
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To develop a marketing program for the Florida Police Chiefs
Association
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To implement the newly designed marketing program for the Florida
Police Chiefs Association
- Strategy: Expand use of information technology to increase public and professional
awareness about the Florida Police Chiefs Association
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To enhance the existing FPCA website
GOAL 3: To
promote public safety through the legislative process
- Strategy: Ensure an effective lobbying program during the legislative session
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To annually review the performance of contracted lobbyist(s)
Objective: To establish the FPCA legislative agenda by September 30 of each year
Objective: To coordinate the FPCA legislative agenda with groups with
similar
public safety objectives, including the Florida League of Cities, Florida Prosecuting
Attorneys Association, Florida Sheriffs Association, and Florida Association of
Counties
Objective: To ensure the publication of the FPCA legislative agenda, with
appropriate explanation of each item, on the FPCA website and in other
FPCA
publications
Objective: To continue to involve Florida's Chiefs of Police in
on-site lobbying
during each Legislative session
Objective: To promulgate an annual legislative wrap-up at the
conclusion of each
legislative session
- Strategy: Enhance the education of police chiefs about the legislative process and
FPCA's legislative agenda
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To provide each police chief with an analysis and talking
points for each
item on the FPCA legislative agenda for use in their interaction with
their city
administration, legislators, legislative delegations, and legislative staff
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To develop a Legislative Tool Kit on the legislative process
for use by
each chief
GOAL 4: To effectively manage resources of the Florida
Police Chiefs Association
- Strategy: Ensure long-term fiscal stability
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To appoint a working group of police chiefs to identify
and recommend
new revenue streams for the Association
Objective: To explore the creation of a fee-based on-line training program
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To revitalize the FPCA program of police chief search and selection
Objective: To develop an action plan for expanding corporate sponsorships
of the
Association and the FPCA Foundation
- Strategy: Maximize current operating resources and revenues
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To regularly review methods by which administrative costs and
functions
can be streamlined
Objective: To continually assess the revenues, costs, and activities
associated with
FPCA conferences
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To regularly review the current dues structure
selection
- Strategy: Provide for the fiscal integrity of the organization
On-going
Objective: To submit and maintain an annual balanced budget
Objective: To maintain an effective annual internal audit program
Objective: To meet the objectives of the Sarbanes/Oxley Act regarding
Board of
Directors Oversight
- Strategy: Effectively manage FPCA staff, facilities, equipment, and information technology
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To continue to enhance the use of information technology in the
management of the Florida Police Chiefs Association
Objective: To regularly review and approve internal FPCA operating policies,
procedures, and practices based on Staff recommendations
Objective: To conduct an annual fixed asset inventory
Objective: To supplement full-time staff through the use of
university/college interns
from a variety of disciplines and academic backgrounds
- Strategy: Provide effective and needed member services
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To provide an on-going program of member recognition
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To identify legal services that can be offered through the
FPCA to its
member chiefs
Objective: To identify liability and other insurance services that
can be offered
through the FPCA to its member chiefs
Objective: To provide a repository of model police chief employment
contracts for
use by FPCA members
- Strategy: Provide for effective governance of the Florida Police Chiefs Association
Short-term Implementation
Objective: To implement an annual training program for all new officers,
directors,
and committee chairs
Objective: To develop a FPCA Board Governance Manual for use by the
FPCA
President, officers, directors, committee chairs, and staff
Objective: To review on a quarterly basis the implementation of
the objectives
enumerated in the Strategic Plan
Objective: To provide an annual report to the FPCA membership on
implementation of the objectives enumerated in the Strategic Plan
Intermediate Implementation
Objective: To review the Florida Police Chiefs Association Bylaws
on a biannual
basis
Objective: To review the Florida Police Chiefs Association committee
structure on a
biannual basis
Objective: To conduct an annual strategic planning workshop involving
FPCA
officers, directors, board chairs, and staff
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