Summary
"Police organizations are increasingly involved in environmental scanning, the acquisition and use of information about trends or events external to the organization. The knowledge and analysis of such information assists management in strategic planning and decision making.
This scan is expected to be an explicit picture of external conditions, a foundation for strategic planning and above all, a context to stimulate innovative thinking. The document provides an overview of relevant trends in our external environment, based on ten common themes or sectors – Industry, Infrastructure, Human Resources, Financial Resources, Stakeholders, Science and Technology, Economics, Government, Socio‐Cultural and International."--Text from Forward.