Lesson 6

POLICE
PLANNING

lecture guide
by CdK / 2020
Specific Topics
A.. Planning
lilii as police mgmt function
B.. Importance of planning
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C.. Operational
ili i i definitions
 Basic nature of police mgmt
 a process that involves the ff:
ü planning ü coordinating
Main Topics
A. Planning as police mgmt ü organizing ü reporting
function
B. Importance of planning ü directing ü budgeting
C. Operational definitions
ü staffing
it to
 according
ü controlling lii & Urwick
Gulick
POSDCORB

If planning is a function of police

managers, what is the basic nature of
police management?
Introduction
Planning and management always go
together.
Planning is the first among the 7 admin
functions of a manager as pointed out
by Gulick & Urwick (1937) in their
POSDCORB principle.
What is the usual cause of
failure in police operations?

 … the absence of proper planning

and the lack of planning skills
 Some police administrators do not
appreciate the importance of
planning.
Why?

… because of their EDUCATIONAL

and MANAGERIAL BACKGROUND
Some police officers are aware of the
importance of planning but they are not
competent leaders.
What makes them bad police managers?

… they LACK THE REQUIRED SKILLS

or the BASIC EXPERIENCE to PLAN
the operations of their office/deparment
When it comes to decision-making,
what could possibly happen without
planning?
Without planning,
police administrators and managers
usually make decisions
with tragic/disastrous results.
 A plan is a mode of
-A. action.
-
B. course.
C. decision.
D. strategy.
E. any of these.

A plan is a mode of action.

 a sequence of actions (steps) to attainm a goal or
objective
 a well-defined schedule of activities intended to
accomplish a goal/objective
 Planning refers to the act of
making -
-
A. a blueprint.
B. a checklist.
C. a plot.
D. a scheme.
E. any of these.

Planning refers to the act of making a scheme

ü the most basic of all management functions and is
usually the first element
ü the management process of deciding in advance
what is to be done and how
 Which of these refers to an
- arrangement of means or steps for the
attainment of a goal or objective?
A. Guideline
B. Plan
C. Mission
D. Procedure
E. Strategy
 Planning involves the process of organizing
all aspects of an institution, business or
-
company to determine or identify what is
desirable and how it can be achieved.

Planning is done for the purpose of

minimizing, if not removing, the reliance on -

A. people.
B. chance.
C. men, money & machinery.
D. the gods.
D. all of these.
 What is the process of combining all
aspects of the police department and
-
the realistic anticipation of future
problems, the analysis of strategy
and the correlation of strategy to
detail?

A. Planning
B. Police administration
C. Police planning
D. Police operational planning
E. Any of these
POLICE PLANNING
 the systematic/orderly
determination of facts and events
as basis for policy formulation and
decision-making
affecting law enforcement
management
 POLICE PLANNING
 the use of rational design or
pattern in making decisions for
all departmental undertakings
RATHER THAN RELYING ON
CHANCE

l i il li l
from Rule 17:1 of the original Police Manual
 POLICE PLANNING
 the act of determining policies
and guidelines for police
activities
and providing measures to
ensure success of all police
operations

from Rule
l 17:1 of the original
i illil Police Manual
 To attain the police mission, the
deputy chief for operations is
-
formulating coordinated sequence of
activities and efficiently allocating the
police resources to line units.
What he is doing is -

A. any of these.
B. planning.
C. police administration.
D. police operational planning.
E. police planning.
 Police operational planning is the
process of formulating coordinated
-
sequence of activities and efficiently
allocating the police resources to
line units in order to attain
_________________ .

A. its mandated objectives.

B. planning.
C. successful police planning.
D. the police mission.
E. the police vision.
Take note …
In planning for police
operations, common terms
used include policy, strategy,
tactic, procedure and
guidelines.
 Which of these refers to a broad
design or scheme to attain a goal or
-
objective? A. Guideline
B. Mission
C. Procedure
D. Strategy
E. Tactic

STRATEGY  a broad design, method or plan to attain a

goal or objective
T A C T I C  a specific design, method or course of
action to attain a particular objective in consonance
with strategy
As you advance in rank, you
move from just a “doer” to more
of a “thinker”.
“Doer” in the sentence connotes
-A. strategy.
B. objective.
C. tactic.
D. mission.
“Thinker” in the preceding item
connotes -
A. objective.
B. strategy.
C. tactic.
D. execution.
E. any of the above.
 If plan refers to an arrangement
of means or steps for the
- attainment of a goal, which of
these refers to the process or
step-by-step course of action that
leads to an objective?

A. Guideline
B. Mission
C. Procedure
D. Strategy
E. Vision
 Is procedure the same with
guideline?
- A. False
B. No
C. True
D. Yes of course

PROCEDURE – the step-by-step course of action that

leads to an objective
G U I D E L I N E – a rule of action (for the line units) that
defines the procedure thus establishing the limits or
restrictions on how to achieve a desired objective
 IIff s ttrr at t e g y i s t o g o a ll;;
tactic is to - A. mission.
-
B. objective.
C. procedure.
D. guideline.
E. vision.

Goal is broader than objective;

strategy is more comprehensive than tactic.
Goal is the general purpose of the organization
while objective is the specific purpose.
 The product of wisdom in the
management of human affairs is
-
otherwise known as - A. authority.
B. plan.
C. policy.
D. strategy.
E. vision.

POLICY  a product of wisdom or prudence in the

management of human affairs
 a strategy set as a rule and/or regulation necessary
in managing an organization
 a law set by the legislature of the government
What are the Ms of mgmt that
must be considered in police
planning? A. MONEY
B. MANPOWER
C. MATERIALS
D. METHODS
E. MACHINERY
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