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The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | May 2017
Battle of the Bulge. Locations included sites in Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. Our current plan is to rotate these programs in a manner similar to the rotation used for our domestic Leadership Staff Rides.
Exchange Program: In 2014, the NJSACOP signed a historic agreement with the British College of Policing, establishing a formal exchange program between that institution and the NJSACOP, whereby each year a police leader from a British police force will attend the NJSACOP Police Executive Institute course, and a New Jersey police executive attending a course conducted by the Police College. Since then, we have had 5 NJ police leaders attend the course in the United Kingdom, and we have been honored to host 4 British command officers at our course. In 2016, the Florida Police Chiefs Association reached out to Mitch to ask about that exchange program. As a result of these discussions, a new Exchange Program has been instituted between the NJSACOP and the Florida Police Chiefs Association. This year, we have hosted our first Exchange Delegate at the Executive Institute from the FPCA( the Chief of the Fellsmere, FL Police Department), and a captain from the Morris Township Police Department attended the FPCA“ Future Chiefs Course” later this month.
Foundation for Executive Leadership: This is a new course that has been added to our portfolio, introduced both to fill a need, as well as to provide an option to the many registrants that cannot be accommodated each year in the Police Executive Institute due to the overwhelming popularity of that course. The FEL Program is designed as a developmental program for superior officers seeking to prepare for senior police leadership, as well as those already in senior positions looking to enhance their skills. The program will help provide the knowledge and understanding required of leaders operating at this level.
The first session was conducted in late 2015. Based upon our initial experience and the excellent feedback provided by attendees, we are in the process of refining and further developing the course, which is scheduled for the next delivery in October 2017.
Command Officer Development Course [“ CODe-C”]: This course has been over a decade in the making, and is based upon the course provided to all commissioned officers in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. We have expended a significant amount of time and resources into creating a course that retains the virtual experience and basic structure of the RCMP program, while making both content and context relevant to our audience. The first session was conducted in November 2016. We have already worked on fine-tuning the course based upon both instructor input and attendee feedback. A main stumbling block to making this a regular feature of our course calendar is the costs associated with the delivery, not least of which the requirement that the attendees be“ in residence,” i. e. staying over each night. We may have found a solution as we are in talks with Stockton University to host the course with access to their dorm rooms.
Additional Professional Development Programming: In addition to the above offerings, the NJSACOP also regularly conducts the following courses:
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Alcohol Beverage Control Techniques for Law Enforcement: Conducted under contract with the NJ Division of ABC, these courses( Basic and Advanced) are regularly scheduled at locations around the state. Crisis Communications & Media Relations: This new 1 day course focuses on how to effectively deal with the media and developing a strategic plan for a department ' s image. The class provides insight into how the media operates and how to get an agency’ s message covered. Participants learn how to write effective news releases and conduct media interviews. The class details the requirements of when and how to release information to the media and when it can be withheld. Open Public Records & Record Management: Another new addition to our portfolio, these courses will focus specifically on the requirements placed upon police agencies by the Open Public Records Act. Additionally, other courses that will help our members, their agencies, and their personnel more effectively and efficiently carry out their missions are under construction.
Administrative Division
Annual Board of Officers Retreat: In 2000, we instituted an annual retreat-style Board meeting each summer, permitting the newly installed President, Board of Officers, and executive staff, to discuss important association matters, and to set the agenda for the year ahead. An ancillary but equally important function of the Board Retreat is to permit the families and“ significant others” of members of the Board to get to know one another,
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