EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ’ S REPORT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ’ S REPORT
MITCHELL C . SKLAR
The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | Summer 2024
NJSACOP Continues to Reach Out for Global Perspective in Police Leadership 2024 Senior Leaders Course conducted in cooperation with the Greater Manchester Police [ Manchester , England ]
The NJSACOP has a well-earned reputation for offering our members and other stakeholders cutting-edge professional development opportunities and fresh perspectives on contemporary issues . One of our Association ’ s key strategies in delivering such opportunities is looking beyond the traditional topics , presenters , venues , and methods of law enforcement professional development and education . While of course we have an enormous wealth of talent , knowledge , and experience right here in our own backyard , we naturally do not have a monopoly on these assets . Accordingly , we continually seek out the best that can be found from across our borders — whether those borders are local , state , national — or even international .
Professional and personal growth benefits from looking beyond the routine , the comfortable , the local ; in short , from being open to new experiences , information , and perspectives . The 15 police executives that attended the 2024 NJSACOP Senior Leadership Seminar did just that , and much more . The program , conducted in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Police was held July 05-13 , 2024 in Manchester , England .
In putting together the agenda for the program , we were able to take advantage of the close links we ’ ve forged over the past several years with our international colleagues . The result was an agenda that included a rich mix of exceptional practitioners and police educators , as well as the opportunity to make several site visits of great interest to our group of law enforcement professionals .
The limited registration for this seminar served to maximize the interactive nature of the learning experience . The agenda was broken down into multiple units , with a special emphasis on Decision Making , Strategic Planning , Training , Governance of Use of Force and Professional Standards , Intelligence and Crime Prevention , Public Order , Officer Wellbeing , and Recruitment and Retention . This focus was not chosen at random ; on the one hand , New Jersey ’ s law enforcement leaders have been confronted with these challenges in ways not readily imaginable just a few short years ago , while public safety professionals in the United Kingdom have been dealing with
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