The Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Aaron Mitchell, his Command Staff, and Deputies received the FBI LEEDA Trilogy Award.
FBI LEEDA (Law Enforcement Executive Development Association) is an independent nonprofit educational organization dedicated to continuing leadership training, education, and networking for law enforcement and public safety executives. The mission of FBI-LEEDA is to advance the science and art of law enforcement leadership and promote the exchange of information to improve law enforcement management practices through training, education, and networking among police professionals.
Sheriff Mitchell and 35 of his Deputies, as well as other law enforcement leaders from the area completed the Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) course this week. ELI is part three of the three-step leadership series that makes up the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy. This cutting-edge program is designed for executive-level law enforcement leaders and focuses on the challenges facing our profession today. This highly-interactive program follows the FBI-LEEDA “Cops Talking to Cops” model of professional development. The Institute uses a wide-range of source materials and calls upon participants’ own professional experience to facilitate individual development and learning.
The following is a list of topics covered in the ELI program:
- Trends in law enforcement, implications of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing,
- Leadership case studies,
- Performance and risk management,
- Command discipline and liability,
- Public trust and legitimacy, bias and diversity,
- Employee wellness,
- Power, transformational leadership, social and emotional intelligence.
To earn the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy award, law enforcement officers must complete advanced training through the FBI LEEDA Supervisor Leadership Institute (SLI), Command Leadership Institute (CLI) and Executive Leadership Institute (ELI). Each of the three training classes contains intensive and immersive programs designed for law enforcement supervisors. Sheriff Mitchell and his Deputies in attendance this week completed the SLI and CLI courses during the last couple of years.
The Sheriff’s Office also received the Agency Trilogy Award. The Agency Trilogy Award recognizes public safety agencies whose entire Command Staff have completed the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy Leadership series — the SLI, CLI, and ELI.
Sheriff Mitchell said he is proud and fortunate to have personally completed this “Trilogy” of courses. Sheriff Mitchell also commends all his Deputies for their commitment and dedication to this leadership training and the further advancement and professionalism of the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office.
