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The importance of mentoring in law enforcement

Mentoring can be one of the most valuable professional relationships we experience

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Many organizations have formal or informal mentoring programs that help new people succeed. But what about after that? Is that when mentoring stops? Hopefully not. In this tip, risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham discusses how mentoring can be a great way to supplement basic training.

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Gordon Graham has been actively involved in law enforcement since 1973. He spent nearly 10 years as a very active motorcycle officer while also attending Cal State Long Beach to achieve his teaching credential, USC to do his graduate work in Safety and Systems Management with an emphasis on Risk Management, and Western State University to obtain his law degree. In 1982 he was promoted to sergeant and also admitted to the California State Bar and immediately opened his law offices in Los Angeles.

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