POLICE EXECUTIVE & ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP (PEALS)

The 15 day (3 week) Police Executive and Administrative Leadership School (PEALS) addresses the need for intensive management curriculum that is cost effective and efficient. The PEALS school is designed to enhance the operational and conceptual leadership skills of current and future “top dogs” within the law enforcement community. The training program combines substantive lecture presentations with practical synergistic exercises and problem solving project work. Each student attending the program will be eligible to earn 8 semester hours of undergraduate college credits from Cleveland State University. The curriculum includes training in human resource management, labor relations/grievance handling, discipline, contract negotiations, administrative investigations, community policing, core values, training and organizational viability, CALEA, personal financial planning, civil liability, administrative law issues, law enforcement in the 21^st Century, managing change in organizations, strategic vision and planning, leadership and ethics, search and seizure, professional stops, racial profiling, and managing and motivating a diverse employee population.

About the topics:

Human Resource Management Issues (14 hrs) – an overview of labor relations/grievance handling, discipline,Garrity & Weingarten rules, contract negotiations and the HRM function
Administrative Law Issues for Police (2 hrs) – review of FLSA, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, Harassment, Discrimination, Pregnancy discrimination
Administrative Investigations/Internal Affairs (8 hrs) – how to conduct administrative investigations, lesson learned, management and labor issues, the internal affairs function
Team Building and Motivation (8 hrs) – motivational techniques to obtain the best and most productive employees, building effective teams, generational differences
Community Policing (8 hrs) – study of the evolution of community oriented policing and problem solving philosophies, the need to change from traditional police responses to crime and disorder to strategies that emphasize community partnerships, an examination of case studies
Core Values and Character Based Education (6 hrs) – foundations of performance in today’s police agency using training cognitive states, improvement through character based education & values
CALEA Review and Preview (2 hrs) – certification process, benefits, detriments & financial concerns
Training and Organizational Viability (5 hrs) – thorough analysis of the training function and the management of the training function, legal considerations, links between the training function and the strategic management of the organization
Civil Liability Issues and Racial Profiling (16 hrs) – key concepts in civil liability with a focus on common areas for lawsuits to include use of force, police pursuit, search & seizure, arrest, fail to train, sexual harassment &  racial profiling (biased based policing); case law decisions
Crucial Conversations – Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High (8 hrs) - designed to foster an organizational culture that opens an honest dialogue between all employees in order to enhance their commitment to the core values and to improve decision  making and morale.
Police Community Relations – Building Trust (8 hrs) - in lieu of the large amount of anti-police rhetoric and discussion about defunding or re-imagining the police, strategies for building trust within our communities utilizing various concepts, ideas and strategies will be developed, project work  
Leadership and Ethics (16 hrs) – ethical and integrity issues affecting law enforcement, history of corruption, methods to prevent or detect corruption, ethical decision making, leadership styles, characteristics of  effective leaders, developing and implementing leadership teams, project work
How to Prepare for and participate in an Assessment Center (8 hrs) – the assessment center process, assessment center matrix, history of simulations, guidelines and ethical considerations, competing constituencies
Professional Media Relations (8 hrs) – how to effectively and efficiently deal with the media during critical incidents or other situations, developing a proactive approach, practical exercises