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STRATEGY Community Policing Strategy COPS Office grants must be used to reorient the mission and activities of law enforcement agencies through initiating community policing or enhancing their involvement in community policing with the officers hired under this grant program,or an equal number of veteran officers who have been redeployed to implement this plan after hiring the entry-level COPS-funded officers. If awarded funds,your responses to sections II(a)and II(b)that follow will constitute your agency's community policing strategy under this grant.Your organization may be audited or monitored to ensure that it is initiating or enhancing community policing in accordance with this strategy. The COPS Office may also use this information to understand the needs of the field,and potentially provide for training,technical assistance, problem solving and community policing implementation tools. Please note that the COPS Office recognizes that your COPS-funded officer(s)(or an equal number of veteran officers who are redeployed after hiring the entry- level COPS-funded officers)will engage in a variety of community policing activities and strategies, including participating in some or all aspects of your identified community policing strategy.Your community-policing strategy may be influenced and impacted by others within and outside of your organization;this is considered beneficial to your community policing efforts. At any time during your grant.you should be prepared to demonstrate(11 the community policing activities engaged in prior to the grant award that are detailed in section I of this application and 12)how the grant funds and grant-funded officers(or an equal number of redeployed veteran officers)were specifically usi ed to enhance(increase)or initiate community policing activities according to your community policing strategy contained in sections_ll la)and II(b)of this application. Finally,we also understand that your community^^".:,,,ng needs may change during the life of your grant.Minor changes to this strategy may be made without prior approval of the COPS Office; however,grantees will be required to report on progress and/or changes to the community policing strategy(if any)through required progress reports.If your agency's community policing strategy changes significantly,you must submit those changes to the COPS Office for approval.Changes are"significant"if they deviate from the specific crime problems(s)originally identified and approved in the community policing strategy submitted with the application.In some cases,changes to the approved community policing approaches may also be deemed significant and may require approval of a modified community policing strategy by the COPS Office,depending on the scope and nature of those changes as identified in the quarterly progress reports. The following is the COPS Office definition of community policing that emphasizes the primary components of community partnerships,organizational transformation,and problem solving.Please refer to the COPS Office web site (http://www.cops.usdoj.gov)for further information regarding this definition. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and ^h1,.,. - te,nroa'- '"ly address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues, such as crime, social disorder, and fP Ir of crime. The COPS Office has completed the development of a comprehensive community policing self-assessment tool for use by law enforcement agencies.Based on this work,we have developed the following list of primary sub-elements of community policing. Please refer to the COPS Office web site(http://www.cops.usdoj.gov)for further information regarding these sub-elements. Community Partnerships: Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations they serve to both develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police. Other Government Agencies Community Members/Groups Non-Profits/Service Providers Private Businesses Media Organizational Transformation: The alignment of organizational management,structure, personnel and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem-solving efforts. Agency Management Climate and culture Leadership • Labor relations Decision-making Strategic planning Policies Organizational evaluations Transparency 81