1) Your experimental police force must be based upon the West Point Code of Honor (see description).

2) You must be willing meet with a communication-skills coach for a 3-hr session each week (for one year) in support of the following —

—on having your subordinates recreate your stated intentions.

—on having reports turned in on time, completely, accurately, and legibly.

—on having health goals and standards met with zero exceptions.

—on having problems and dissatisfactions communicated to your face (zero complaining behind your back).

—on creating and having a team absolutely committed to getting the job done exactly as you envision.

—on having an organization that does not require a union.

Your department members will be so trusted and trustworthy, so totally committed to serving each other as family, that all issues will consistently be handled internally through to mutual satisfaction.

3) You must have one private three-hour meeting each week with each of your senior commanders and another weekly three-hour meeting with them together as a group. And once a month you must attend their weekly three-hour meetings with their subordinates.

4) All spouses in your new department must agree to attend a three-hour support group once every two weeks (all together at the same location) for the purpose of clearing/acknowledging and support-skills coaching. You will be coached on how to train their elected facilitator.

5) Each person who comes with you, to include new people you hire, must agree to the following three agreements.

Each member in your new department must agree to be willing to tell the truth to everyone at all times.

Each member must agree to be willing to be supported in keeping his or her agreements.

Each member must agree to be willing to communicate openly and honestly; zero thoughts withheld from each other, zero deceits at home or on the job. In other words, zero badmouthing and no sting operations.

You may invite as many officers/personnel as you wish from your present department to fill all the required positions. Your present department will receive ample funding to replace all personnel you take.

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What percent of your department members would you invite to join you?		Select percentage Would invite 5 - 10% Would invite 10 - 20% Would invite 20 -30% Would invite 30- 50% Would invite more than 50%
What percent of those you would invite do you think would come?		Select percentage 5 - 10% might come 10 - 20% might come 20 -30% might come 30 - 50% might come More than 50% might come
What would the approx annual starting salary be for your rookies?		Select salaries $40,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $60,000 $60,000 - $70,000 $70,000 - $80,000 more than $80,000
What percent of your community's citizens do you think believe that some within your department are corrupt?		Select percentage 5 - 10% corrupt 10 - 20% corrupt 20 -30% corrupt 30- 50% corrupt more than 50% corrupt
What percent of the population assumes that a few officers cheat on his/her spouse?		Select percentage 5 - 10% cheat 10 - 20% cheat 20 -30% cheat 30- 50% cheat more than 50% cheat
Do you think it's possible to have a police department with the reputation of unquestionable integrity?		Select Yes or Not Yes possible Not possible
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Conditions you are willing to accept.		Based on West Point Code of Honor Willing to be coached for one year Weekly 3-hr meetings with commanders Initiate Spouse Support Group Support the three agreements
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West Point Code of Honor

The present unwritten police department code supports rookies and veteran officers in sometimes remaining silent if they notice a fellow officer committing an infraction of the rules. Anyone breaking this "code of silence," by bringing an infraction to the attention of the perpetrator or a senior officer, is branded a troublemaker, or a snitch (a Serpico), and is shunned.

The West Point Code of Honor requires cadets to confront anyone breaking any rule, including academy staff officers, and communicate in support of the rule-breaker reporting themselves. If the rule-breaker refuses, the observing cadet communicates that they have no choice but to report them. If the observing cadet fails to report the rule-breaker, both the cadet and the rule-breaker are dismissed from the academy.

For example: If in your new police department a subordinate found out that another officer was cheating on his/her spouse, the subordinate would ask the officer to stop doing it and to report the deceit to their spouse and to you. If the cheating officer refused then the subordinate would tell them they have no choice but to report it to you.

Most likely in your present department, if you know that an officer is cheating on his/her spouse you are expected to keep it to yourself, to mind your "own" business, thereby allowing (supporting) the cheater to interact with the public in a condition of out-integrity. Put another way. Your chief has unconsciously communicated, nonverbally, that cheating is permissible, the implied communication being, "...just don't let me find out about it." Usually within a week a rookie has opted to compromise his/her integrity and silently condone another's perpetration (padded mileage, incomplete/inaccurate reports, etc.). No officer ever truly recovers from this initial disappointing shock, of thinking law enforcement professionals operate from integrity.

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