City of Ithaca
Chief of Police Search Process
Innovative/Visionary*
- someone who is proactive in heading off problems before they come to a head (3)
- someone who has global vision; is able to fairly assess various populations as they relate to police work (on the victim side as well as the perpetrator's side) (11)
- be connected with state and national organizations of police, to have ready access to new developments (35)
- demonstrated ability to move departments toward the future; i.e., computerization, community policing, etc. (42)
- someone who continues the department's current innovation in investigative techniques--burglary, drug intervention, shoplifting (58)
- improve each individual officer's level of education and training, including training in the protection of civil and human rights of all citizens (60)
- willing to try innovative policing methods that make the Ithaca Police Dept. a proactive police dept. (61)
- someone who will keep the Ithaca Police Dept. up to date in training, technology, equipment and diversity (62)
- s/he should be an innovator, not only in training but in equipment/technology, police practices, and dealing with issues of a diverse community (65)
* The number after each statement is the statement identification number and can be used to identify the location of the statement on the characteristics point map or the characteristics point-cluster map.