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Watch expanded coverage of IACP 2025 as the POLICE Magazine team walks the aisles at the expo and shares what we found interesting on display for chiefs from across the country and around the world this week in Denver, Colorado.
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Things might be bad all over, but as a leader you can have a huge impact on the morale and welfare of your folks.
Read More →I was trained under the rule that as a leader I take responsibility for not only my own actions, but for those of my subordinates.
Read More →There seems to be a constant change of roles between officers based on rank, position, and seniority. We on the inside know that relationships between cops of different ranks are far more complex than what you see on a line organization chart.
Read More →As a supervisor, get to know your people, support them and provide the guidance to ensure they are making the right decisions. When you are successful, anonymity is often your reward, while failure brings the press scandal that brings down careers and departments.
Read More →As a student of leadership, throughout your police career you will be expanding on your education, training, and experience, and building a "leadership toolbox."
Read More →Could Gandhi have been a great military general? Could Patton have led a nation with charm and persuasion? We will never know, but each of these great leaders, operating within the bounds of their own personality, reached a pinnacle of leadership in their time and in their element.
Read More →When everyone tries to be the leader at the same time, nothing gets done.
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A show like IACP often involves about a thousand or more exhibitors, hawking a wide variety of products and services.
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Sometimes the man or woman in charge shoulders the blame, even when not personally involved in an incident.
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They may seem like big, expensive hunks of metal on wheels, but many agencies have come to realize that mobile command vehicles offer many advantages for the cost.
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