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Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu
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News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466
5/17/2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATCHITOCHES- The Gulf States Regional Community Policing Institute has received a contract from the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement to provide training for the state's chiefs of police. Sessions will be held immediately before each of the three Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police conferences held each year. The first New Chiefs Management Course will be held July 6-7 in Monroe.
The training is coordinated with the Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute in response for need for municipal chiefs to have information on topics related to their job.
Topics to be covered include: Office and Role of the Police Chief, Police Chief Mayor Council Relations, Working with Budgets, Developing Policies and Procedures, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement/POST Council, Ethics and Integrity and Human Resource Issues. Training will also be provided on: Managerial Liability, Boards and Reporting, Bid Process/Purchasing, Cultural Diversity, Media Relations, Training Sources, Civil Service, Supplemental Pay, Retirement, Legal Updates and Emotional Survival.
According to Daphne Levenson, director of the Gulf States Regional Community Policing Institute, the training will be used to provide Louisiana police chiefs with management courses and skills which will enhance citizen safety and the enforcement of state laws.
The Institute is one of 31 Regional Community Policing Institutes funded through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
"GSRCPI has had a good relationship the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement for a number of years, but the award of this training moves us to the next level," said Levenson.
The training will complement the Law Enforcement Leadership Series being delivered in Alabama and will also be taught in Mississippi and Louisiana later this year, Levenson said. The leadership series covers, Use of Force, Citizen Complaint Intake, Early Warning Systems, Racial Profiling and In-car Camera. These topics have been identified by the Department of Justice as the most pressing issues that will face law enforcement over the next 20 years.
Levenson said the new contract should also help Northwestern's criminal justice program.
"I would like each chief of police to be aware of what is available at Northwestern," she said. "NSU provides discounted courses to all full-time law enforcement officers for both campus and Internet classes. Our goal is to provide all law enforcement professionals with affordable opportunities for education. This will increase professionalism and translate into better service for citizens."