ROCHESTER, N.Y. — As the first woman to lead the Rochester Police Department, Interim Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan delivered an action plan for the next three months, but added that the timeline will be both flexible and transitional.

"I'm walking in the door not necessarily having access to all the information, some is confidential, some I'm just going to be learning. So I have to have a sense of preliminarily, ya know, what kind of direction I want to take," said Herriott-Sullivan.

There are eight goals that include:

• Assessing the current leadership needs of the police department.
• Identifying any critical resource needs, as well as top pressing matters facing the RPD.
• Meeting with critical stakeholders in order to establish collaborative relationships.
• Reviewing policies and procedures.
• Determining RPD’s alignment with the six pillars of 21st century policing, which are law enforcement best practices.
• Gathering as much information as possible about community needs.
• Establishing effective professional relationships with other law enforcement officials.

"There are a couple of colleagues of mine that are members of law enforcement agencies that have worked in this realm on this sort of issue for some time. I have a lot of respect for them, so they're gonna be some of my advisers, chiefs in other cities," she said.

Even though the path forward poses some challenges, the chief is counting on the experience of others to guide her in reaching the goals.

"This is a partnership. I'm not in this to wear those four stars and let the public know, ya know. Here's my plan and here's how things are gonna work, we're day one, we're gonna be working together," said Herriott-Sullivan.

A summary report will be presented to the mayor of Rochester, as well as members of city council.