The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 24, Number 3 | Page 5

The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | March 2018
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
MITCHELL C. SKLAR
When We Say “Register Early” – We’re Serious*
Your Great Support and Participation is Very Much Appreciated
Each month at the NJSACOP State Chiefs Briefing I report on the Association’s full slate of
professional development programs, and generally end with the admonition to “register
early.” That’s not just a sales pitch – due to your great support, our programs are more
popular than ever, and are selling out and filling up at an unprecedented rate.
I always say that people vote with their feet, and we are very gratified that our members clearly value the
programming that we are presenting for them and their personnel. While of course this is a great thing for the
Association, it’s not so great for those who register for one of our seminars or programs, only to find out that they
have been put on a waiting list. We are doing our best to accommodate everyone who wishes to attend our
programs, but sometimes there is simply not enough room for everyone who wishes to attend. A good example is
the upcoming “NJSACOP / OHTS Impaired Driving Summit”, to be conducted next month, where we simply
are not able to accommodate many of those that attempted to register. Likewise with the upcoming “NJSACOP
Executive Institute,” which also has a lengthy wait list. We ask for your understanding, and again, if you and/or
members of your agency wish to attend one of our programs – register early.
A new added wrinkle to this “problem” is the popularity of our Accredited Chief/Command Executive [ACE]
Certification program, which requires applicants for certification/re-certification to continually “sharpen the sword”
with approved professional development.
We are consistently moving forward with the development of new, additional professional development
opportunities so as to allow as many of our members and others to take advantage of all that we have to offer.
In September we will host our “Police Chiefs In-Service Leadership Retreat”; also in September we will present
another session of our most popular staff ride for law enforcement: “The Gettysburg Leadership Experience.”
Program agendas and registration information can be found in the New Jersey Police Chief Magazine and on our
Association website at www.njsacop.org. If either or both of these are of interest to you, my best advice is, as
always - “Register Early.”
* This is not the first time I’ve written a similar article – but in light of the rapid way all of our offerings are selling
out, the message is more timely than ever. MCS
Mitchell C. Sklar, Esq.
Executive Director
The NJSACOP sends its deepest condolences to
the family of
Chief Franklin Failla
Retired Member