Leadership. Development. Both of these items deserve much attention in our organizations, and it can be quite clear that these efforts are not adequate in many circumstances. Put them together: Leader Development... you will have many officers recognize their agencies do a solid job, whereas for others it's an after thought, or only occurring when self-initiated.

Joining me in this leadership panel, my guests share much of what fuels their leadership philosophies, as well as training and educational perspectives and strategies to address this critical topic. As our industry does more with less (fewer officers, more junior leaders) a sound effort is imperative.

Joining me are Chief Jeffery Melchior and Capt. Mike Schentrup (ret). We talk about what's often missing, bad leaders, modeling, mentorship, and key character traits needed to ensure effectiveness.

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Chief Jeffery C. Melchior serves as the Chief of Police for the Louisiana Department of Transportation Police, a statewide law enforcement agency. A 22-year veteran of Louisiana law enforcement, Chief Melchior has served in a broad range of assignments, including uniform patrol, investigations, training, and administration. Chief Melchior can be reached at jeff.melchior@la.gov or
connected with on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/jeffery-c-melchior.

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Mike Schentrup is the founder and CEO of Advanced Police Concepts, which he started in 2016 after seeing a lack of quality investigative and leadership training for law enforcement professionals. Mike is a retired Captain from the Gainesville (FL) Police Department where he worked for 25 years. He can be reached at mike.schentrup@gmail.com.

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