There are three major reasons for implementing policy in your agency:
- To gain voluntary compliance for performance expectations (reduce risk, injury, litigation).
- Because there was NO policy, a lawsuit was filed or settled (mandating the new policy).
- Technology has advanced to the point where policies need to be created and/or updated (e.g., body-cams).
The challenge with implementing a new policy is the time it takes to discuss, debate, draft, edit, conduct an executive review, and publish, educate, and distribute the new policy. We have all heard the story that by the time you actually publish "Policy XX," it is already outdated.
At Genasys Protect, we worked with national policing leaders, consultants, and law specialists to draft a policy specifically for all police agencies in the U.S. With more than 18,000 agencies in policing, it is impossible to create a 'policy for all', just ask the Department of Justice. With these policy drafts, they can be applied to "personally-owned" phones or "department-owned" phones.
To give you a head-start, download the following policy drafts as modify needed:
Free Sample Policies
Download expert reviewed sample policies for department-issued and personally owned phones (Word doc)
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