Consider all you have learned about Policing the Future as you create the following report:
1. Identify a police or law enforcement agency you are familiar with; describe the community and the agency with relevant demographics and/or statistics related to size; community served; number of officers; diversity of force; etc. (Please use Denton, TX Police Department)
2. As the chief of this department, describe your vision for the agency in 10 years. Answer each of the following points in your description of this future police agency.
–will your department’s mission be different than what it is today? Why or why not?
–what style of policing will you employ and why?
–how will your agency respond to the changing nature of crime?
–what new technology do you see as fundamental to your crime reduction efforts? Why?
–what types of societal/cultural shifts do you think will most impact your agency in the future? Why?
–how will you, as a police leader, prepare your organization, both structurally and culturally, for the future?
–what are the biggest challenges facing your policing organization in the future?
–what possibilities excite you, as a police leader, the most regarding the future of your organization and policing?