Accomplishments at the Department of Public Safety
April 2005-March 2006

Dear supporters of DPS:

A little more than one year has passed since I was appointed as the Director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

Looking back on my first full year of leading this exceptional law enforcement agency, I must say I am very proud of the accomplishments made by DPS employees during some very challenging times.

I have compiled highlights of these achievements and featured them in the publication below so we can celebrate our employees’ commitment to our public safety mission over the past 12 months and have an official record of their admirable work.

Roger Vanderpool Director

As you review this booklet and read about some of the advances made at DPS beginning in April of 2005 and continuing through March of 2006, keep in mind that a “renewed vision” has begun to take hold at the agency. This “renewed vision”, which has contributed greatly to our recent successes, started when myself and members of my Executive Staff implemented a plan to fully empower the men and women of DPS to advance the agency into the future.

The first step of this process involved the leaders at DPS working together to quickly shatter the perceived “glass ceiling” at the agency while actively engaging front-line employees and employee groups in major decision-making processes.

In addition, myself and members of my Executive Staff made a steadfast, unbending commitment to work together as a cohesive, fully cooperative team for the betterment of the Department. A significant commitment to DPS’ future was also made through the implementation of rigorous processes at the agency that are designed to produce and identify the most talented and ethical future agency leaders among current employees.

Also, to minimize the loss of institutional and job-specific knowledge at DPS when command-level personnel retire, we are requiring our newly promoted command-level personnel to“shadow” the individuals they will be replacing before retirement departures actually occur.

This “renewed vision” at DPS has also involved our agency reaching out to the community through activities such as “citizen’s academies” and strengthening the working relationships we have with our criminal justice partners throughout the state. We have also championed the unifying “one DPS flag” concept by emphasizing that the four divisions at DPS are all part of the same family.

Finally, we have also started to aggressively market the dynamic, exciting story of DPS through our newly created Community Outreach and Education (CORE) Unit.

Upon reviewing this publication, you will see how this “renewed vision” at DPS has manifested itself in many of this agency’s actions over the past 12 months. I am looking forward to watching this vision manifest itself in additional ways over the rest of my term as DPS Director.

While we continue to strive for excellence in the future, we will continue to appreciate the confidence and support provided to us by the Governor’s office and the Arizona State Legislature. Grateful for this support and all other support given to DPS, it is with great pleasure that I present for your review this publication summarizing some of the highlights at DPS over the past 12 months.

Sincerely,

Roger Vanderpool
Director

To view the accomplishments click on the link below

State of Arizona
Department of Public Safety
Advances

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