Jim Jordan
Consultant
Jim's work is a resource for criminal justice executives and organizations who are seeking creative, strategic solutions to their most important challenges and problems. Services include:
- Design and facilitation of strategic planning processes tailored to your needs.
- Development of written strategic plans articulating the vision, purpose and strategy for the organization.
- Customized problem-solving.
- Design and facilitation of executive sessions for leadership team development.
- Strategic assessments and expertly-drafted reports on organizational effectiveness.
- Design and implementation of innovative programs.
- Annual Reports
Biography:
Jim's criminal justice background includes nearly 20 years as a senior administrator with the Boston Police Department. His responsibilities included service as director of strategic planning under commissioners William Bratton and Paul Evans, developing and managing strategic partnerships to address critical public safety matters such as youth violence and comprehensive crime prevention.
Jim holds a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and has taught at Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Experience:
For Commissioner Edward Davis and Chief Daniel O'Leary developing a strategic planning process for this organization of the executives of the state's largest police departments.
Working with Commissioner Robert Haas on a leadership engagement project with supervisors and middle managers in patrol.
For Chief Thomas Robbins, worked on a comprehensive strategic assessment of the BU Police Department.
For Undersecretary Patrick Bradley facilitated a planning process among the top officials of the Mass. Parole Board and Department of Correction to design a statewide reentry program to improve outcomes from prisoners returning to Massachusetts communities.
Provide strategic consulting, technical assistance and create original training materials for CSI sites in Boston, Providence, Seattle and elsewhere around the country. CSI develops partnerships between police departments and community development organizations.
Advisor on training strategy and on the MBTA Transit Police Foundation and created the Department's annual report for 2005
Led a strategic planning project that is developing a new strategic plan for community safety in Malden. Participants included Malden Police Chief Kenneth Coye and MPD personnel in partnership with representatives of youth services, school committee, City government, faith community and business community.
Recent Publications
Initial Lessons and Impressions from BIDMC SPIRIT Training
Read Jim's paper on what law enforcement executives can learn from quality improvement processes in hospitals. (pdf, Acrobat Reader rquired)