You are a new command level officer in a mid-sized local police agency, Soma-Pseudo City Police Department (Pseudonym) brought on board by a new Chief of Police. You and the Chief previously worked at another very innovative police agency. The Chief of Police was hired by Soma City upon the dismissal of the previous chief, Jeffrey Cox.
It appears morale was low throughout the department and that much of the low morale was associated with leadership failure and leadership deficiencies. The Chief knows you are taking CJUS 730 – Advanced Criminal Justice Leadership for class and wants to rely upon your expertise to create a dynamic leadership training program for Soma City Police Department. The program may be a holistic program that incorporates broad based - broad audience leadership training (every leader in the department) or your program may address one specific audience within the department.
The Chief wants the program grounded in solid research that you have learned in your class. The Chief said you may use the research paper in class as your proposal to the chief. The Chief realizes that your proposal will look like an APA academic paper with numerous references and that is okay
The paper should have definitive links to solid leadership research, be relevant to police agency leadership training, and be usable as a leadership training and development proposal. Do not submit a reiteration of the IACP Leadership in Police Organizations training or the associated West Point Leadership training programs – most of your professors are well familiar with these programs.