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Scenario-Based Planning and its Influence on Institutional Strategic Management in Justice and Security Scenario-Based Planning and its Influence on Institutional Strategic Management in Justice and Security In the world today, there are numerous challenges facing the justice and security system. The increase in crime, terrorism, misuse of drugs, and technology organizations have created a need for the criminal justice and security agencies to acquire the skills and leadership necessary to cope with these challenges. The current demands require much dedication by these organizations to ensure justice. Due to compromising nature of the justice organizational culture, it is appropriate for justice and security organizations to depend on well trained, committed, ethical, and qualified professionals in dealing with management of resources, procedures, and policies to ensure public safety. This paper will discuss the role of scenario-based planning and its influence on institutional strategic management in justice and security. Scenario planning is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plans. Its influence overcoming process limitations, by producing multiple outcomes on institutional management in justice and securities is not a new phenomenon, however with the numerous challenges. In justice organizations scenario based planning involves managing civil liberties and public safety that is compromised during the course of their duties. The role of scenario planning within these organizations is to minimize or control these risks. Most justice agencies have policies that guide their policy and procedures. For example, use of force. These policies describe an escalating series of actions an officer may take to resolve a situation. This continuum generally has many levels, and officers are instructed to respond with a level of force appropriate to the situation at hand, acknowledging that the officer may move from one part of the continuum to another in a matter of seconds. One thing to remember about law enforcement is that there is a huge amount of discretion upon an officer in doing his or her job, Police discretion is the freedom of an agency or individual officer to choose to act or not. The continuum of discretion can be observed as an officer arrest, a person for a DUI (low discretion), in the name of public safety. High discretion can be observed as officer issues a citation because a driver failed to signal a lane change. Use of Force is legally defined, as the amount of effort required by police to compel compliance from an unwilling subject. If there is no resistance, no force should be used. An example of a use-of-force continuum follows: • Officer Presence ,Verbalization, • Empty-Hand Control • Soft Hand Technique. • Less-Lethal Methods • Impact Weapon • Chemical Spray • Lethal Force Controversy surrounding the use of force continuum involves whether the tactics and tools have outlived usefulness, whether or not methods should be included in policies and whether these policies increase liability. Use of force is not well defined because every situation cannot fall into a continuum (i.e. scenario). The law enforcement and security agencies need to be structured in a way that, discussions and views can be aired out openly, ideas can be shared and those with experience can advise the less experienced. The executives in the area of law enforcement must negotiate and resolve the conflicting signals between the officers, politicians, community, officers, outside organizations and the media (Preimsberger, 2005). There is need to apply the best diplomacy and experienced persons to help tackle the area. In fighting to resolve the issue of deadly force, there is need to change the perspective and position of people both in the society and police community on order to easily control cultural values and stop, or minimize any use of force by the officers while conducting their duties. The society is however structured in a way that, police are sometimes forced to apply force in accomplishing their mission. In such a situation, highly skilled executives should apply reliable experience to solve the problem. By and large, whether an executive law enforcement officer has any responsibility in the use of deadly force or not, they are always liable, it is therefore important to work hard in controlling the use of deadly force due to the high responsibility they are charged with. The terrorist acts of 9/11 have revealed serious inconsistencies between public safety and privacy in the legal system of the United States. Numerous laws, legal norms, and Supreme Court decisions have only increased the growing tension between the two notions of public safety and privacy. The natural state’s desire to protect its citizens from terrorist threats has evidently neglected the importance of stable balance between public safety and privacy. As a result, the state cannot effectively promote both legal values and has to sacrifice one legal notion for the sake of protecting the other. The knowledge developed regarding these various scenarios, must be integrated into every facet of criminal justice system.  Staff must be trained, and effectively utilize the knowledge gained.  Administrators should develop policies that are responsive to cultural and ethical diversity. Reforms addressing the needs of various cultural inadequacies within the justice system have been identified, now the development of standardized ethical competence begins. Developing ethical competence means improving cross cultural capabilities by adapting services to the cultural context from deterrence of crime to arrest to disposition.  .  However, the dire situation facing our criminal justice systems today, therefore our quality of life demands that Managers in Justice and Security embrace this challenge. REFERENCES US Dept of Justice (2006). COPS [JOURNAL]. U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Community Policing Division Washington, DC 20534(800) 995-6423: National Institute of Policing.