Public Safety Competencies

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Public Safety Competencies

• Public Safety Leadership Development Consortium

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History and Participation

• International Focus really wanted to determine
  if there were international commonalities in
  police leadership competencies
• Australia
• Canada
• England
• Germany
• United States

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Competencies Research

• Took on more of a form of meta-analysis versus
  qualitative or quantitative research

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Soooo What is a competency?

• a competency can be behavioural or functional
• defined as a combination of knowledge, skill,
  ability, attitude, personal qualities and
  experience to meet a standard of performance
  against which an individual is compared

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We Focused on Identified Police Related
Competencies from 12 Sources in 5 Geographical
Areas

• RCMP (Canada)
• USA and Canada (Literature Review)
• Canadian Police College Executive Centre
• Fairfax County Police (Virginia)
• United Kingdom
• Australia
• Germany
• NIC Executive Level
• NIC Senior Level

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Breaking it Down

• We looked at 42 different terms, attributes,
  and qualities that we found in the research
• We did not attempt to re-define the terms
• We did not attempt combine terms
• We grouped responses into five categories
• Mentioned in 7 or more research areas
• Mentioned in 5 or more research areas
• Mentioned in 4 research areas
• Mentioned in 3 research areas
• Mentioned in 2 or fewer areas
• Think of categories almost as a Likert Type Scale
• The more times it is mentioned, the more agencies
  are concentrating on it
• Does this mean they are more important?

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7 or more Research Areas

• Communication
• Networking and Relationship Building

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5 or more Research Areas

• Planning and Organizing
• Problem Solving
• Strategic Thinking/ Strategic Perspective
• Change Leadership
• Team/People Leadership
• Organizational Awareness and Renewal
• Developing Self/Personal Growth
• Ethics and Values

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4 Research Areas

• Developing others/ maximizing potential
• Flexibility
• Innovative Thinking
• Teamwork

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3 Research Areas

• Decisiveness
• Meeting Client Needs
• Community Focus
• Collaboration
• Results Orientation
• Stewardship

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2 or Less

• Conscientiousness and Reliability
• Persuasiveness
• Courage of Convictions
• Self-Control
• Opportunity Management
• Conflict Management

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2 or Less

• Respect for Diversity
• Negotiating and Influencing
• Resilience
• Personal Responsibility
• Emotional Control
• Self-Awareness
• Vision and Mission
• Managing the External Environment

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2 or Less

• Managing the External Environment
• Power and Influence
• Teambuilding
• Strategic Planning and Performance Management
• Power and Influence
• Management competency
• Operational competency
• Critical Thinking
• Business Acumen

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Why does it matter? .