Policy Unit

AGENCY FIRST

Policy & Performance Standards Units

The Policy Unit

The Policy Unit was formed to draft, revise, and review all depart‐mental policies and procedures. This unit is in the process of stan‐dardizing all policies and procedures and putting them on the agency’s intranet in a user friendly format. The unit conducts re‐search on specific topics and searches for best practices across the nation. To ensure the policies and procedures are legally sound, the unit works with the County Attorney’s Office, county officials, and subject matter experts.

Performance Standards Unit

The Performance Standards Unit is the checks and balances of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office’s policies and procedures. This unit conducts evaluation on various topics as directed by the Sheriff. These evaluations are established to determine if rules and regula‐tions are in compliance. Areas of evaluation could be budget items, inventories, procedures, pay, or any area of responsibility the Sheriff would like to have evaluated.

Deputy Yazan Yousef developed an agency-first dashboard for policies, procedures, and training bulletins. He also redesigned the format for policies and procedures.