Innovative Fiscal Strategies

This course equips public safety leaders with essential knowledge and practical tools for managing agency budgets effectively. Budgeting plays a critical role in law enforcement and public safety organizations, directly affecting their capacity to combat crime and enhance service delivery to communities.

Participants will gain a thorough understanding of the complete budgeting process and explore cutting-edge approaches to fiscal management. The course covers diverse public safety budget models and their specific uses, including the full budgeting cycle from review through approval. Key topics address identifying budgetary requirements such as personnel expenditures, workforce composition, anticipated employee departures, associated employee benefits and costs, day-to-day operational expenses, and infrastructure and equipment investments. Additionally, the course emphasizes stakeholder engagement with the community, contingency planning for unexpected situations, and addressing evolving organizational demands.

A significant component of budgetary administration involves oversight and strategic management. This encompasses activities such as assembling budget documents, evaluating proposals, creating comprehensive plans, submitting budgets, executing approved plans, monitoring spending, performing financial reviews, incorporating necessary adjustments, making strategic modifications, and maintaining administrative control. The course also investigates diverse revenue streams available to agencies, including grant funding, cost-sharing arrangements, volunteer-based support systems, and evaluation of position restructuring options.

As a capstone experience, participants work collaboratively in groups to create and present a comprehensive agency budget based on concepts and techniques introduced throughout the course.

Topics Covered:

• Overview of innovative fiscal strategies
• Types of public safety budgets and applications
• Identifying your agency's budgetary needs
• Budgetary responsibilities and oversight
• Alternative funding sources and strategies
• Developing and presenting your budget

Intended Audience: Law enforcement professionals, public safety managers, line supervisors, middle management, administrators, and civilian staff with responsibilities in program or project management, leadership, or administrative oversight.

Course Length: 16 hours

Dates: July 12-14, 2027

Class Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Location: Adam W. Herbert University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224

Fee: $595.00

Instructor: Mark Panaccione