Leadership

Law enforcement leaders must continually adapt to the needs of the community and evolve to incorporate the best practices available. Few agencies have sufficient means to accomplish this using only internal resources, and those that can still have a need to connect with stakeholders in the law enforcement profession to validate their practices. The IACP strives to develop police leaders at all levels of an organization through several different resources. Leadership development remains at the center of the IACP’s professional growth and development agenda.

Women's Leadership Institute (WLI)

The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) is a one-week leadership training program for women leaders and those developing women leaders.

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Women's Leadership Institute (WLI)

Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO)

Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO) is the IACP’s flagship leadership development training program. LPO is modeled after the training concept of dispersed leadership (“every officer…

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Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO)

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Employee Misconduct

Law enforcement employees should take a professional, victim-centered approach to sexual assaults and to proactively investigate these crimes and prosecute the perpetrator in a manner...

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Harassment and Discrimination

In a time where the costs of liability insurance continue to rise driving many towns to self-insure or join insurance pools, law enforcement executives have...

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Line-of-Duty Death

Law enforcement agencies are better able to respond to line-of-duty deaths in a prompt, organized manner and remain sensitive to the profound human emotions survivors...

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Standards of Conduct

Law enforcement officers must accept and abide by a high ethical and moral standard that is consistent with the rule of law they are sworn...

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Resilience Strategies for Your Role

Real world resilience strategies for where you are.

The stressors that first responders face can have serious implications for overall health and wellness. Supporting mental...

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Tip Sheets: Enhancing Agency Response to Domestic and Sexual Violence

These tip sheets provide strategies for enhancing your agency’s response to domestic and sexual violence by focusing on key areas such as agency mission, the...

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Recruiting & Hiring

Hiring decisions are among the most impactful decisions a police agency can make. Agencies that want to build positive relationships with their communities, improve their public...

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