Command Staff - Chiefs / Sheriffs
The Command Staff - Chiefs / Sheriffs topic gives police leadership news and information to help them lead their troops. This topic also gives the patrol officer an avenue to prepare themselves for a rise through the ranks.
Inside Overland Park PD’s strategy to build a pipeline of confident, capable leaders through mentorship and hands-on training
Apply Elon Musk’s second principle to policing by using Lean Six Sigma and audits to challenge assumptions and improve performance
From self-awareness to conflict resolution, here’s how emotionally intelligent leaders earn trust and get results
The event provides an opportunity for graduate students and professional academics to present their work in front of police executives
The officers wanted a $100K grant to be used for raises, new equipment, vehicles and positions for increased backup
“My assessment of how members of the LE community are feeling after this tragedy is that they are very sad ... and very pissed that it happened,” a chief said
The team that investigates illegal gambling, blight and human trafficking will no longer be a part of the department
Mayor Eric Adams said he picked Keechant Sewell in part because of her compassion and emotional intelligence
Yesenia Sanchez vowed to reform Santa Rita Jail while inviting greater community input as the county’s new sheriff
The process of building trust begins with buy-in by everyone in the department
The key to understanding how others see us is to first see ourselves clearly
Download a resiliency checklist to measure the four most effective pathways to resilience: hardiness, self-enhancement, repressive coping and positive emotions
Wide local variations in its delivery help breed distrust of law enforcement – here’s how to fix things
Every day must begin with the question: “What can I do for my people?”
Moore said he wants to continue building on work around “use of force, enhanced training and expanded transparency and accountability”
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It turns out, American policing shares many of the same challenges as other countries
Overall arrests by Baltimore Police were up 10% for this year, compared to the same period last year, police data show
Michelle Woodfork is the first woman to lead the NOPD and will be following in the footsteps of her father and uncle
Musk is a living lesson in leadership, risk-taking and change. Can police leaders learn anything here?
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Conducting training days, developing ops plans and letting team members fail are some key ways to develop essential law enforcement leadership traits
Officials said the firing of a key official in charge of implementing reforms “sent a demoralizing message” to police
Sheriff Grady Judd’s best advice for officers is what they’re not told in police academies: simply to remember that most folks are decent, hardworking people
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Stacey Graves is the first woman to become police chief in the department’s nearly 150-year history
The survey found 86% of NOPD cops are unhappy with the PD and 79% with the promotional process, citing cronyism and favoritism as reasons
The mayor said she’s confident Robert Tracy can help address violence in the city with consistently one of the highest homicide rates in the country
List ranks occupations by level of stress, driving home the importance of hiring responders who can remain calm during high-stress situations
Experts review common issues that can cause problems not only for a patrol officer but all the way up the chain of command in an agency
The new policy details de-escalation steps officers must take and “professionalism” they are required to show when dealing with mass protests
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