Has your department been suffering from budget cuts?
We’ll just pause now that you’ve snorted coffee all over the screen.
Of course your department has been suffering. Budget cuts at the state level, local level, you name it. Public safety agencies like your have a tougher, more challenging job than ever-but all too often that’s been accompanied by cuts in the resources needed to meet those challenges and keep both the public and your personnel safe.
But… what do you do about it?
Here are some ideas.
- Conduct a needs assessment. Triage your department’s needs for equipment and training. You can only work on solutions once you understand the specific problems. Contact us for a free consultation
- Get data to support your case. Solving your problems means backing up the situation. Get solid data on your area, demographics, critical infrastructure, agency injuries, you name it. The better your data, the stronger your case, and the greater the likelihood that you can find more resources. Here are some resources
- Talk to your representatives. From the local level on up, reach out to public officials. Make your case and lay out solutions. Here’s more about working with politicians
- Seek out grants and other funding. Solutions are out there. Look through our lists of available grants, and also put on your thinkin’ cap and come up with some creative solutions
Solutions are out there. We’re here to help with that too. Contact us anytime for a free chat about how your department has been suffering, and how we can help.