- The Value of Independent Counsel
- Charter, Members and Focus Areas
- How the SLC Provides Value
- Comprehensive and Independent Assessments of Police Department Operations
- Independent Monitoring of Consent Decree Requirements
- Development and Application of Best Practice-Based Crime Reduction Strategies
- Enablement of Collaboration, Partnership and Information-Sharing
- Promotion of Community-Oriented Policing Strategies
- Participation as External Members of Advisory Boards and Commissions
Comprehensive and Independent Assessments of Police Department Operations
As a team of seasoned and objective experts, the SLC conducts detailed assessments of policing and public safety-related departments, divisions, operations and functions.
The SLC assessment methodology represents a systematic approach to key tasks and phases such as strategic committee formation, document and data review, internal and external stakeholder interviewing, on-site observation and ride-alongs, focus group implementation, online feedback harvesting, citizen input, peer review and analysis, and a disciplined approach to identifying, sharing, vetting and communicating key findings and also specifying actionable best practice recommendations on how to address performance gaps and opportunities in the short-, near- and long-term.
While the scope of these assessments varies widely, the Council evaluates key administrative, technical and operational policies and practices such as those related to:
- Mission, purpose and organizational alignment
- Accountability and command and control effectiveness
- Organizational structure, staffing and HR processes
- Use of community-oriented policing strategies
- Crime-fighting strategies and tactics
- Approach to the use of lethal and non-lethal force
- Effectiveness of the internal affairs and staff inspection
- Diversity in hiring and promotion
- Labor relations
- Training, career development and succession planning
- Deployment methods and models
- Effectiveness of support services and functions
- Alternative service delivery approaches
- Use of technology and communications systems
- Integration of public safety services
- Effectiveness of public/private partnerships
- Fiscal discipline, budgeting and cost allocation practices
- Benchmarking and performance measures
- Intelligence and information-sharing
- Ethics, integrity and public trust
Senior Leadership Council Brochure
The Hillard Heintze Senior Leadership Council is an independent panel of retired major city police chiefs and senior federal, state and local law enforcement leaders.
At the heart of excellence in conducting assessments is not – unlike some experts claim – the quality of the methodology, no matter how proven, comprehensive and best practice-based it may be.
Instead, it’s the ability of the assessment team to align key elements of the methodology and best practices to the unique needs and requirements of the organization.
And that approach takes a different form and path for every single engagement.
