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Boise Police outlines 10-year strategic plan with staffing and technology priorities
Summary
Chief Dennison presented a 10-year strategic plan that sets five priorities—community trust, invest in people, safe policing, infrastructure modernization and organizational strength—targets 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, and emphasizes data-driven metrics, workforce resilience, and technology choices tied to crime trends.
Boise Police Chief Dennison told the City Council the department has drafted a 10-year strategic plan designed to align staffing, technology and programs with the city's priorities and to inform future budget requests.
Dennison said the plan is data-driven and meant to create a multi-year road map rather than year-to-year asks. He summarized recent workload and crime trends: Boise's population is "right around 250,000 residents," traffic volume is up about 4.5% (which staff said equates to roughly 920,000 additional car trips per month, per ITD), overall officer workload is up about 8% with a 21% increase in officer-initiated activity, and part-1 crimes (homicide, robbery, aggravated…
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