Post on 18-Dec-2015
The Arvada Police Department
Overview of the Police Department Authorized 166 sworn
officers 68 professional staff Full service police
department Patrol Investigations Animal Management Administrative functions
Overview of the Police Department Four patrol sectors
Adam Baker Charlie Delta
Population: 107,000 Square miles: 34
The QuestionAnd, maybe the challenge
How does a police department add value to their community through collaboration with the business community, and create a competitive edge that other cities cannot match?
And, how can we achieve things that we could not achieve if we all did things on our own?
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Hypothesis The police department can play a
fundamental, behind the scenes role in Economic Develop by: Creating attractive conditions for business Addressing crime and disorder issues Helping employees feel safe at and around their
workplace Demonstrating to business we are serious about the
impacts of crime
The police role in economic development (our job is to help you do your job!)
Understanding how the police role aids in economic development
Joint partnership with the business community in addressing problems
Reducing crime to be attractive to business
What Matters Most:Quality of Life Factors
1. Low crime rate 84.6%2. Healthcare facilities 72.23. Housing costs
68.44. Housing availability 66.45. Ratings of public schools 61.26. Climate
56.37. Colleges and universities 53.28. Cultural opportunities 48.79. Recreational opportunities 48.2
University of North Carolina, School of Government
Survey Says…
MOST IMPORTANT ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTProvide quality services and amenities 35.9%Provide strategic leadership/facilitation 31.8Create a positive business climate 24.9Offer incentives to companies 4.6
n = 217
Source: Jonathan Q. Morgan, The Role of Local Government in Economic Development : Survey Findings from North Carolina, UNC School of Government, 2009.
Place-making How do you make your community
attractive? Collaboration Networking Understanding whole picture No silos, rather integration Getting the right people involved
Place-Making How your police department can help
Go on retention visits Play a behind the scenes role in cultivating
business opportunity Keep crime low and improve quality of life Help all employees in department understand
their role
Place-making
Creativity & Talent
CultivationEconomic Gardening
AC
D
B
A. Social capital Arts and cultureInfrastructure
B. Quality of life
C. Entrepreneurialculture and support
D. Human capital (people)
“Homegrown” Economic Development
How does Arvada Do this? Policing strategy Collaboration with others in new ways Partnership with AEDA By being fluid, networked, and working
within and outside our framework Modeling behavior Opportunity to solve significant problems
Crime Reduction Strategies Directed Police Intervention
DPI
Directed Police Intervention What is DPI?
What are our goals?
What does this mean to our community?
What is DPI Strategy to deploy
police resources to a particular problem or problematic area
Provides accountability for our work
Addresses plaguing community problems
What is DPI Collaboration between police officers,
investigators, crime analysts, and members of our community
Evaluation of weekly crime map and target crime
Weekly Crime map review
What are the goals of DPI Reduce crime and disorder in the City Improve quality of life Develop partnership with all aspects of our
community Create sustainable low crime rates in
Arvada
What does this mean to our community?
Arvada will be a safe place to live Improved quality of life Attractive to business Reduced crime rate Knowledge that your police department is
taking on crime issues
Reducing crime in commercial corridor: Commercial areas between Grandview Avenue
and I-70, both sides of Wadsworth By-Pass Focus for September and October 2007
Business contacts Suspicious vehicle and pedestrian contacts Traffic enforcement
Directed Police Intervention
TARGET AREA
BEFORE DPI
AFTER DPI
Sector Command One commander assigned to each patrol
sector Responsible for the crime and disorder
issues in that sector Must report to police command staff every
3 weeks progress toward results
SCANNING
SCANNING
SCANNING
How does this impact Economic
Development?
How to get your police department involved
Start with having a conversation with your chief
Explain goals and strategy Show where your pain points are Learn about crime in areas of interest Invite chief to business meetings Make chief a member of economic
development team
How to get your police department involved
Attend briefings, share goals, tell officers how they can help
Explain how they add value/benefit Help them understand they’re part of the
whole solution Show success Get interested officers involved. It will
spread
We worked well together. . .
AEDA
City Management
Fire AURA
PoliceBusiness Community
But now it’s ideal. . .
Various Organizations
Collaboration
Does this actually work?
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Contact InformationDon Wick
Arvada Police Department8101 Ralston Road
Arvada, CO80002
720-898-6665don@arvada.org
QUESTIONS?