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Level Two: Police Department Small-Unit Leaders

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Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach
Dandridge M. Malone  More Info

The Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition
James M. Kouzes  More Info

Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right
Joseph L., Jr Badaracco  More Info


The Onion Field
Joseph Wambaugh  More Info

ON LEADERSHIP
John W. Gardner  More Info

Leadership: Enhancing The Lessons Of Experience
Richard L. Hughes  More Info

Leading Up : How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win
MICHAEL USEEM  More Info

Police Leadership for all ranks. Professional development requires a life-long commentment to a personal course of study. Some police leaders undertake their personal course of study through formal education, line online criminal justice courses, other prefer to research, read and study leadership and leading on their own. No matter how a police manager or supervisor pursues their goal of excellence in leadership, they must continually improve their leadership abilities throughout their career.
Leading by example is one form of leadership. Many of the leadership and leading books are biographical accounts of great leaders. In policing, there aren't many great police leaders. Unlike the military, police leaders tend to be a local phenomenon and not a national or international one. Occassionally, a Volmer, Parker, Gates, Davis or Bratton comes into the national limelight as a police leader, but most of the leadership is accomplished locally. The decentralized leadership based has placed a heavy

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