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implement community policing approaches. <br /> 12) If awarded funds,will your agency initiate or enhance any of the following internal changes to personnel management? <br /> (Select no more than 2 internal changes to personnel management that will be addressed with these grant funds.) <br /> Flexibility in officer shift assignments to facilitate addressing specific problems <br /> + Assignment of officers to specific neighborhoods or areas for longer periods of time to enhance customer service and facilitate <br /> more contact between police and citizens <br /> Please provide a narrative for each internal change to personnel management identified(2,000 characters or less) <br /> The jurisdiction of the Indian River County Sheriff's Office is divided into 11 formalized patrol zones. <br /> This agency recognizes the benefit of assigning deputies to a patrol area for extended periods of time so <br /> they may become more familiar with the community members of that particular area. As part of our <br /> organizational transformation, we intend to enhance the prolonged geographical assignment areas of patrol <br /> deputies in our efforts to expand our community policing initiatives. An additional benefit is that many of <br /> our patrol zones are multifaceted and contain a combination of residential, commercial, and industrial <br /> components allowing deputies to increase community policing efforts for a variety of differing community <br /> types. Further, IRC is a popular tourist destination. Increasing familiarity with the hospitality service <br /> community as well as the nuisances associated with vacation and resort locations is a unique way to expand <br /> our community policing initiative through extended patrol assignments. It is important to note that while we <br /> utilize an 11 zone patrol directive, a less formal division within those zones divides our county into 4 main <br /> areas. It is traditional for the units within these 4 areas to act as back up officers for each other and <br /> provide additional zone coverage when needed. Ideally, the organizational transformation enhancement <br /> regarding zone assignments would consist of a customary assignment to one of the 11 zones with an occasional <br /> assignment to a neighboring zone within one of the 4 larger areas. This serves to expand a deputy's <br /> community interaction and level of familiarity with both their zone as well as the other deputies they <br /> traditionally work with. Finally, while unforeseen circumstances may require the periodic assignment of <br /> deputies to other zones, the concept of community policing related to extended neighborhood assignments will <br /> be a part of IRC's community policing strategy. <br /> Recruitment and hiring practices that reflect an orientation towards problem solving and community engagement <br /> + In-service training for officers on basic and advanced community policing principles <br /> Please provide a narrative for each internal change to personnel management identified(2,000 characters or less) <br /> An initiative within the community'policing strategy will be enhancing training efforts by initiating a new <br /> curriculum to include training on both basic and advanced community oriented policing principles. The method <br /> for delivery of information about basic community policing methods will start with a deputy's initial field <br /> training program and will include documented lessons related to the agency's community policing strategy, <br /> problem solving, and partnerships. It will encompass the methods by which patrol deputies can best be a part <br /> of the agency's plan and continue to enhance our outreach efforts. This will require education of the <br /> agency's field training officers in community oriented policing and how to teach this skill to newly hired <br /> patrol deputies. Further, a change to include this type of instruction will be incorporated in to the formal <br /> field training curriculum. The second part of the basic community policing training will also include <br /> advanced principles in the form of annual formalized training for all personnel whose traditional job duties <br /> are associated with community policing. An identifier for these employees will likely be those members who <br /> would take the Community Policing Self-Assessment Tool survey. <br /> Field training officer(FTO) programs that teach and test problem solving,community engagement,and critical thinking skills <br /> 89 <br />