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District of Columbia Government
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty
Media Advisory
January 5, 2007 |
MEDIA CONTACT: Mafara
Hobson
(202) 727.2320 |
Fenty, Lanier Commit to Increased, Customized Community
Policing
Today, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, joined by Acting
Police Chief Cathy Lamer, laid out his Administration's strategy for
optimizing the city's community policing effort. Fenty has long believed
in the intrinsic link between strong community policing and crime
reduction.
"I have walked every neighborhood in this great city
and there was one theme that I heard in every ward, every block, and
every town hall. This theme was the need for increased community
policing, the need for accessible law enforcement presence," said
Mayor Fenty. "The call for increased police visibility has been
heard loud and clear. Today, we address this crucial need."
Specifically, the Administration's strategy will achieve
the following goals:
- Reduce crime & the fear of crime
in the community
- Customized Community Policing
- Ensure that officers have the tools
necessary to maximize efficiency and effectiveness
- Enhance investigations to better
address DC's neighborhood-based violent crime by moving to
community-based homicide investigations
- Transform MPD's citizen interactions
to ensure responsiveness & foster community engagement
- Improve officer responsiveness
- Enhance outreach efforts to connect
with all segments of the community
- Integrate homeland security &
emergency preparedness practices into the MPD culture of the & the
community without creating fear
- Partner with government agencies,
the private sector, and the community to enhance awareness of emergency
preparedness and terrorist activities
- Integrate homeland security and
emergency preparedness into the responsibilities of all MPD employees
- Redefine professionalism within the Metropolitan
Police Department
- The plan will consist of strategic perspectives and
specific objectives to help move MPD towards improved professionalism
and a higher quality of service.
- Foster innovation in routine MPD
activities while enhancing fiscal accountability
During the first 100 hours of the Fenty Administration,
Chief Lanier has already begun implementing plans to improve policing
strategies. For example, the First District patrol officers have been
spending at least two hours per tour on foot patrol. In the Third
District, Patrol Service Area (PSA) officers are "adopting a
block" or a park or other neighborhood institution on their beats,
serving as the primary public safety liaison for the area. The Sixth
District is implementing "Back to the Beat," where officers
assigned to the evening and "power" shifts are being deployed
on foot, bicycle and motorcycle patrols in 32 small, geographical beats.
"I envision a city in which every resident - in
every neighborhood - not only feels safe, but actually is safe,"
said Lanier. "Members of the Command Staff have begun to implement
programs to make this a lasting reality."
On November 20, 2006, Mayor-elect Adrian M. Fenty named
Commander Cathy Lanier as the next Chief of Police for the Metropolitan
Police Department of Washington, DC. Since then, Acting Chief Cathy
Lanier has been speaking with members of the community and the
Department every day to identify key _concerns about their neighborhoods
and the agency. This ongoing dialogue is just beginning, but it has
helped to inform the Chiefs key overarching goals, and some initial
steps for the first 100 days. The primary goals and immediate action
items that will be completed in the first 100 days are highlighted
below.
In addition, this dialogue has reinforced Chief Lanier's
commitment to principles that have guided her work and relationships
with the community, colleagues, and other constituencies. These
principles will help to make her vision a reality: To position MPD as an
agency viewed and respected locally, nationally, and internationally as
a model for how it serves the community. Chief Lanier and her team are
committed to:
- Changing the culture of the MPD from
reacting to crime to building and sustaining safe neighborhoods.
- Encouraging teamwork and leadership
at every level of the police department and throughout the community.
- Emphasizing that every MPD employee
has the power to influence positive change - and encouraging them to
improve the service they provide to both the department and community.
- Focusing the entire Department on
engaging youth, an investment which will have an impact on these young
people now and on the entire city in the future.
- Building on what the MPD is doing
right.
Goals & Action Items
Goal 1: Reduce crime & the fear of crime in the
community
- Customizing Community Policing
- Chief Lanier's vision is to tailor
the best practices in community policing to the neighborhoods in the
District of Columbia, ensuring that the relationship between police and
neighborhoods is paramount. MPD patrol members are already committed to
community policing and practice it everyday. However, not all of the
elements of the Department's community policing template are appropriate
for all communities. By February 28th, each Patrol Service Area (PSA)
will work with key stakeholders -- the community, elected officials, and
police district staff-to establish a Customized Community Policing Plan
to be launched in March.
- Ensure that officers have the tools necessary to
improve efficiency and effectiveness
- MPD will begin implementing
electronic forms, so that officers will only have to enter incident data
once, allowing faster processing of arrest and incident paperwork.
- Working with the Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, MPD
will issue the Request for Proposal for the Law Enforcement Information
Management System that will connect dozens of data sources throughout
the Department to reduce redundant paperwork and enhance MPD's ability
to manage and analyze cases.
- Enhance investigations
- To better address DC's
neighborhood-based violent crime, MPD will move to communitybased
homicide investigations. By assigning homicide investigations to
regional teams, detectives will be able to become more familiar with the
criminals, witnesses, and sources that live and work in neighborhoods
plagued by homicides and other violent crimes. These teams will still
operate under a centralized command, ensuring consistent standards and
service.
- MPD will reinvigorate the successful
Homicide Prevention Project, which focused on longterm narcotics
investigations targeting the most violent offenders involved in
narcotics. By going after street-level drug-dealers who are involved in
homicide cases as witnesses or suspects, MPD can build strong cases
against the violent offenders and get them off the street.
Goal 2: Transform MPD's citizen interactions to ensure
responsiveness & foster community engagement
- Improve officer responsiveness
- Enhance outreach efforts to connect
with all segments of the community
Goal 3: Integrate homeland security & emergency
preparedness practices into the MPD culture and the community without
creating fear
- Partner with government agencies,
the private sector, and the community to enhance awareness of emergency
preparedness and terrorist activities
- Integrate homeland security and
emergency preparedness into the responsibilities of all MPD employees
Goal 4: Redefine professionalism within the Metropolitan
Police Department
- The plan will consist of strategic
perspectives and specific objectives to help move MPD towards improved
professionalism and a higher quality of service.
Goal 5: Foster innovation in routine MPD activities while
enhancing fiscal accountability
Cathy L. Lanier, Acting Chief of Police
Washington, D.C.
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