Article highlights
- Ways to encourage your officers to adhere to your compliance policies and procedures.
- Better policy management leads to better compliance.
- Employee compliance checklist.
For any organization to operate with excellence, compliance with all policies and procedures is key.
Many high-stakes environments have a legal obligation to ensure compliance. It isn't an option.
Since the work is sensitive – even life-threatening – and affects a wider population, police departments in particular share this responsibility.
Policy and procedure manuals are critical to promoting excellence and safety in your department.
According to Chief W. Dwayne Orrick of the Georgia Police Department, “[They are] the foundation for all of the department’s operations.
“When properly developed and implemented, a policy-procedure manual provides staff with the information to act decisively, consistently, and legally. It also promotes confidence and professional conduct among staff.”
But is having the right policies enough to protect and empower your officers?
While having compliance policies and procedures is a start, officers actually need to comply while on the job. For this reason, compliance expectations need to be accessible, understandable, and up to date.
Here are a few ways to encourage your employees to adhere to your compliance policies and procedures: