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Many law enforcement leaders are beginning to accept that emotional intelligence (EI) is an essential quality of good leadership. Popularized in the 1990s by the work of psychologist Daniel Goleman an...
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One of the many skills required by law enforcement leaders today is the ability to communicate well—especially during A crisis. Departments must be able to inform and engage myriad audiences and sta...
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Law enforcement agencies, much like the international corporate world, recognize the need to implement succession planning, maybe now more than ever. In the corporate world, 67 percent of businesses r...
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A terrorism incident at an athletic event, a 60-car crash, a ski area accident with numerous casualties, a swiftly moving urban interface wildfire—each of these sounds like a bad day with long-term ...
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The environment in which law enforcement officers operate is becoming ever more complex and unpredictable. Forecasting training needs and implementing relevant training when the future is often uncert...
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Canada’s vast geography can be both a blessing and a challenge. The country is known for its immense natural spaces, world-class cities, and multiculturalism. However, sometimes this level of comple...
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Three officers watched as their training officer that day effected an arrest. They watched as the senior officer on the scene, for nine and half minutes, applied 92 lbs. of weight onto the neck of a ...
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When I first became a police chief, I was appointed interim chief at a packed city council meeting in Forest Park, Georgia, in October 2018. The only chief I had ever worked for had just been let go u...
