IACP Foundation / Motorola DSS Training Program
This program has been completed. Stay tuned for more opportunites to attend no-cost training from Motorola and the IACP Foundation.
Read about the course from November 2010 in this Police Chief article from February 2011.
Class dates:
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 from 9 am - 4 pm and
Thursday, November 11, 2010 from 9 am - 3 pm
Hoffman Estates Police Department
411 W. Higgins Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
The IACP Foundation is proud to continue its history of offering training and professional development for law enforcement command staff in cooperation with the private sector by announcing the IACP Foundation / Motorola DSS Training Program.
Background
In 1981 Motorola pioneered the quality program called Six Sigma, which still enjoys widespread use today. At Motorola, Six Sigma has evolved into Digital Six Sigma (DSS), a business improvement methodology that focuses on customer requirements, process alignment, analytical rigor and timely execution, using applied technology.
While these tools have traditionally been used in the product design and manufacturing arena, recent years have shown an increased interest and benefit to applying them in select Public Safety problem-solving scenarios. These have included areas such as improving booking cycle times, refining recruiting and hiring processes, enhancing records management cycle time, and driving police/local business engagement to reduce property crimes.
No Cost Training
In keeping with a long history of collaboration with both the IACP and the IACP Foundation, Motorola has prepared a special 2-day, intensive course to help law enforcement leaders use Six Sigma methodology to more efficiently manage process improvement within their agencies.
Motorola will be conducting this 2-day workshop sharing general DSS concepts and introducing specific problem solving tools that a chief or command staff leader could bring back to his or her agency to more effectively review and revise current operations.
The session will conclude with an in-class workshop to prepare participants for using these tools in their local agencies to streamline, redesign, and improve processes which they have identified as critical within their department.
The IACP Foundation is offering this opportunity to participate at no-cost to fifteen law enforcement command staff. However, while the instruction is no cost, there is no stipend for travel or lodging so attendees must be able to commute to the class site or incur their own expenses.
Logistics and How to Apply
The course will be presented on Wednesday, November 10 and Thursday, November 11, 2010 at the Hoffman Estates, Illinois Police Department.
Successful candidates for the training should be chief executives of their agency, or within the senior command staff of the agency, responsible for oversight of significant areas of policy, procedure, administration, or operations. Candidates must be able to attend both days of the two day class, understanding that there is no compensation for travel, meals or lodging associated with this no cost training.
About Motorola
Motorola Solutions, Inc. has long been recognized as an industry leader in driving Quality Process Improvement. The creation and continued evolution of quality practices like Six Sigma and DSS have resulted in Motorola being awarded the original Malcolm Baldrige National Quality award in 1988, followed by a second award in 2002.