www.lexipol.com 844-312-9500 THE CHALLENGE When Lance Arnold was appointed chief of the Weatherford Police Department (WPD) in 2017, he didn’t expect the agency’s policies to be an issue requiring immediate attention. As a Recognized Agency through the Texas Police Chiefs Association (TPCA) Best Practices Recognition Program, WPD had recently passed an independent review of its policies and procedures relating to 168 best practices. As a result, the WPD’s policies were way ahead others Chief Arnold had seen, but the agency was still facing significant policy-related challenges. “In a lot of cases, our policies didn’t match our practices, and the policies didn’t speak with a single voice,” Chief Arnold says. “The policies had undergone an extensive rewrite as part of th

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