Program Manager, Policing Leadership Academy at University of Chicago biomedical enterprise

Overview

Department UL Crime Ed Lab Program Management About the Department Who We Are The Policing Leadership Academy is a violence reduction initiative that aims to prevent violent crime, support officers, and improve fairness and effectiveness in policing. We do this by developing better police management practices nationwide and in select cities globally, with a focus on many of America’s highest-violence geographies. The academy, which is being rigorously evaluated to measure its effectiveness, addresses a persistent training gap by providing a five-month, robust management and leadership education to policing middle managers.

Investing in law enforcement management education can transform public safety in an entire city simply by training a few handfuls of key people. Currently, there are no national standards, curriculum, or best practices for training and supporting police commanders/captains/majors – the rank that oversee police precincts and station houses. Police commanders don’t directly supervise patrol officers – they supervise the supervisors and can exert much greater influence over local patrol behavior than department leadership.

The PLA is the only police management and leadership education program in the country solely focused on this critical rank of police leader. The PLA builds on prior research from the Crime Lab showing that changes in police department management can drive reductions in both violent crime rates and police use of force. The five-month curriculum provides hands-on training in data-driven management, violence reduction, and community trust.

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