POLICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

  You have been the Police Chief at your Department (make up a name) for more than two years. Things were going very well until the financial crisis. It is now budget preparation time and you must justify keeping or implementing the project(s) and programs you have assigned while cutting your overall budget by 20%. Do not cut personnel for this assignment. Your assignment must address the following: Use the critique form as a guideline for what to include in your powerpoint. (Realistic Photos) o Include Everything from Written Assignment # 2, and include many photos. o How will you begin the budget process, who and what will be involved o What is the departmental budget and the breakdown for various areas o Provide explanations and descriptions of your departmental programs o Identify which programs you will keep and which you will eliminate, justify each o Will the budget program involve eliminating personnel positions? o Review and justify your theories for management, administration and leadership as discussed in class and in the text. o Identify programs or projects for one the following budgeting systems and explain it’s operation. o Line-Item Budgeting o Performance Budgeting o Program budgeting o Activity Based costing o Zero-Based Budgeting • How will you determine which programs will be selected and which will be eliminated. • What ideas and strategies do you have for making up the lost revenue in your budget? (There are many)