Federal Re-engineering (Details)

Name of province/ territory:

Ontario

City/ Region:

Canada

Description of Initiative:

The overarching goal of Federal Re-engineering is to build an agile, integrated and innovative federal policing program capable of efficiently and effectively addressing operational priorities.

Initiative Key Objectives:

The initiative has four key objectives:

• integration by reducing and breaking down silos;
• allocation of effort to reflect operational priorities (as informed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and supported by government);
• defined and defensible capacity and operational flexibility to address commonly agreed to priorities; and
• effective reporting and communications that highlight program success and accomplishments.

• responding to calls for service;
• running and supporting major investigations;
• identifying emerging threats;
• establishing and leveraging partnerships;
• building awareness and preventing crime; and
• protecting places, people and assets.

Section Responsible for Implementation:

Federal Policing

Key Contact:

Angela Workman-Stark
angela.workman-stark@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Groups/ Agencies/ Key Partners Involved:

• other police services
• other government departments/agencies
• academic institutes (research & evaluation)

Level of Involvement (consultative - information sharing) and/or cooperative - direct involvement):

N/A

Amount of Time Initiative has been in Place:

This initiative was formally launched in August 2011.

Reason for Undertaking the Initiative:

This initiative was launched as the result of a “current state” assessment of the federal policing program.

Resources Required to Implement this Initiative:

There were no significant set-up costs associated with this initiative. A small group of employees were redeployed to carry out core change and project management functions.

Method of Implementation:

This initiative is still ongoing. To date, it has largely involved a phased-in approach, but with an aggressive timeline.

Key Outcomes of the Initiative:

As indicated above, this initiative is still ongoing. Improvements to date consist of: a 20% cost reduction in headquarters operations for federal policing; the elimination of silos, an integrated approach to prioritizing threats and allocating resources, greater information sharing, a more unified federal policing program, and operational successes.

Availability of a Communication Strategy:

Yes

Key Messages used to Publicize the Initiative:

Purpose:

The Federal Re-engineering initiative's goal is to build an agile, integrated and innovative federal policing program capable of efficiently and effectively addressing operational priorities.

More broadly, Federal Re-engineering is about redesigning how we do business such that we are more flexible and adaptive in terms of responding to threats. This does not mean eliminating expertise or the core areas of our work. It means:

• streamlining the federal policing program;
• enhancing information sharing;
• breaking down traditional silos;
• removing geographical boundaries;
• aligning resources against key operational priorities; and
• communicating program successes and accomplishments.

• responding to calls for service;
• running and supporting major investigations;
• identifying emerging threats;
• establishing and leveraging partnerships;
• building awareness and preventing crime; and
• protecting places, people and assets.

Forms of Evaluation by which the Initiative will be Assessed:

• internal
• external
• quantitative
• qualitative

Evaluation Completed or Community Feedback Received:

No

Summary of the Outcomes:

N/A

Summary of the Performance Measure Data Collected:

N/A

Economics of Policing Pillars:

• Efficiencies within Police Services
• New Models of Community Safety

Further Details:

N/A

Additional Comments or Suggestions:

N/A

Record Entry Date:

2015-03-01