Every Officer is a Leader - Line Officer Training

Attention: Please read the full course description to ensure you’re enrolling in the correct program.

Every Officer is a Leader – “Line Officer Training”

This FREE program is provided by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) for POLICE OFFICERS ONLY. The target audience for this program is first-line law enforcement officers and first-line supervisors. PLEASE NOTE: First Line Officers will be given registration preference so please NOTE YOUR RANK upon registration.

About the Training: Today, the role of police is evolving to encompass broader areas of influence, from local community problems to global issues. The impact an officer can have on a community goes far beyond arrest and prosecution of criminals. The focus has become more on change leadership, change management, public trust, competence, problem solving, analysis, and collaboration among community groups and other police agencies. Police work and police responsibilities are more thoroughly viewed under aspects of legitimacy. There are close links between these kinds of requirements and high expectations from the public whose police service - both the whole organization and the individual officer - should have a problem-oriented approach, act in accordance with the situation, in an anticipative, competent way and with a sense of social responsibility. One powerful way to prevent inefficient management and ineffective leadership from occurring at the supervisory and managerial levels is to instill leadership competence as a required competency in front line officers, so that when they are promoted, they already have been developing their leadership capacity for years.

Topics will include: Self-Management Skills, Communication Skills; Coaching Skills; The Skills of Versatility; Observing Skills; Suspending Skills to Temporarily Suspend Judgments; Emotions and Premature Advice; Questioning Skills for the Appropriate Gathering of Information; Listening Without Distorting or Interrupting; Challenging Conflict Management and Continuous Improvement Team Model.

Classes will begin each day promptly at 8:00AM and conclude at 4:30PM, with a 30-minute break for lunch. It is strongly recommended that participants bring their lunch.

Participants will receive a Student Manual and an electronic copy of the textbook the course is based on.

Client Agencies must contact their training coordinators to enroll via training.mdle.net. Non-client and out-of-state agencies can email signed registration form to Katie.Johnson@maryland.gov to enroll. Client agencies are Maryland certified agencies under regulated authority of the Maryland Police and Corrections Training Commissions (MPCTC).

If the roster is full, interested students can email a signed registration form to Katie.Johnson@maryland.gov to be added to the wait list.

A limited number of dormitory-style rooms are available on campus for $25.00 a night per person. Interested persons should review and submit a Lodging Reservation Request to the contact listed on the form. It is suggested that reservations be made as early as possible. There are several hotels ~15 minutes from campus as well, in the Owings Mills area.

Questions regarding registration can be directed to Katie.Johnson@maryland.gov; Questions regarding course content should be directed to Maryann.Foxwell@maryland.gov.

Location: PSETC, 6852 4th St, Sykesville, MD
Dates of Class: 10/29/2020 - 10/30/2020
Approval Number: P43678
Approved Hours: 15
Price: 0.00

Canceled as of 8/2020. Registered Students, their Supervisors and Training Coordinators were notified by email.
Attention: Please read the full course description to ensure you’re enrolling in the correct program.
Agencies are limited to TWO STUDENTS PER CLASS at this time. Contact Katie.Johnson@maryland.gov to add names to the wait list.
Deadline for registration is October 12, 2020.
Program Approval Information