The Law Enforcement Command College is an intensive 18-month program designed to prepare law enforcement leaders of today for the challenges of the future. The program focuses on:
- Leadership principles needed to influence the future direction of an organization
- Strategies to identify emerging trends and issues and methods to provide a proactive response
- Skills and knowledge necessary to forecast and prepare for the future
- Methods and benefits of sharing information across agencies
- Use of multiple community stakeholders in problem solving
The primary goal of the Command College is to provide a high-level leadership course with a futures perspective to prepare law enforcement leaders of today to lead into the future. The program emphasizes adult learning theories, placing accountability and responsibility for assignments on the student. Command College Instructors come from the private and university sector in a variety of disciplines. The majority hold advanced and terminal degrees in their respective fields of expertise.
Minimum requirements for acceptance to Command College include: involvement in community activities, an understanding of the dynamics of leadership, an understanding and experience with issues and concerns facing the future of California law enforcement, letters of reference attesting to the applicant’s leadership abilities, and knowledge of computers for word processing and research.
Participants in the program must be nominated by their agency chief executive and are selected by a review panel composed of chief executives and Command College graduates from California.
Historically, POST has contracted with a qualified entity to support this program. The current contract will expire June 30, 2019. |