Leadership

Why Do They Always Have The Money For a Funeral?

The probability of an officer on your department being killed is small, but the possibility exists every day, on every shift. How much comfort would it be to your significant other to hear, 'Statistically speaking, he should not have been killed'?

Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Boosting Department Morale

Leading cops is a difficult challenge. Each officer is given the power to stand on their own, yet is also required to follow the commands of their supervisors. When you create a positive atmosphere in which to work, the positive payoffs for administration will be increased productivity, fewer disciplinary actions, and improved morale.

Posted Saturday, January 3, 2009

New Year, New Challenges

In an effort to do the very best job possible and continue to provide solid information, we're going to push into some new areas and take on some new challenges.

Posted Friday, January 2, 2009

HR 218 Pre-Empts South Dakota Prosecution

The officers argued that they were carrying concealed weapons legally due to the federal pre-emption of state law prescribed in HR 218.

Posted Friday, January 2, 2009

Leading with Confidence

But you may be in a leadership position where you haven't had the benefit of extensive experience in each of your assigned responsibilities. How can you develop confidence and certainty in such a case?

Posted Friday, January 2, 2009

2009 Trainer of the Year Award

Each year, Law Officer demonstrates its commitment to training through its Trainer of the Year Award, which honors an individual who has demonstrated outstanding skills and made lasting contributions to the law enforcement profession.

Posted Thursday, January 1, 2009

Times Are Tough

Traditionally, public safety is the sacred cow when it comes to cutting governmental spending, but this time it's different the crisis is too great, and we won't be spared this time around.

Posted Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Developing Vision

This goal was a consensus reached by the field officers responsible for achieving this specific goal.

Posted Monday, December 22, 2008

Stress Kills

Stress and the cumulative effects of a stressful career can heap its toll on the strongest of us and yet very little training is given to law enforcement about stress. Oftentimes agencies succeed in only making things worse. Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, ulcers, depression, the list of diseases and maladies that are caused by or worsened by chronic stress goes on and on.

Posted Saturday, December 20, 2008

Let's Recognize Moral Heroism

We all have a high regard for courage. There are two types; physical and moral. Everyone usually thinks of examples of courage as being a shootout or some other form of great impending danger. Moral heroism, on the other hand, doesn't usually result in accolades. More often than not, the last thing an officer receives for having the courage to do the right thing, is praise.

Posted Sunday, December 14, 2008

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