The Problem of Leadership
I think one of the reasons we have such a leadership problem is that we fail to see leadership because we are looking in the wrong place and wait to develop it too late.
Read moreTim Barfield is in his 35th year as a police officer. He started as a police officer in a rural village before transferring to an inner ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He spent 32 years in that department gaining experience in many areas of police work. In 2014, he accepted a position as police chief for another department. He is a husband, father and grandfather who has a love for police work and police officers with a goal of helping them succeed in a great profession. His responsibilities and desires have included patrol, traffic, DARE, SWAT, training and supervision. He is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association. He continues to learn and instruct on subjects with an emphasis on awareness, police survival mindset and ethics.
I think one of the reasons we have such a leadership problem is that we fail to see leadership because we are looking in the wrong place and wait to develop it too late.
Read moreI was struck recently with an observation that I tried to rationalize in my white male head as I was interacting with the world without my uniform on.
Read moreI was recently involved with a project that chose to look at things from the perspective of both sides of a use of force issue.
Read moreThe foundations of being a good leader always starts with accepting the responsibility to lead yourself and with being willing to be led.
Read moreComplaining about leadership is easy but leadership itself is hard, if it wasn’t everyone would be good at it.
Read moreMany departments have motto's but the most famous description of what we do is the motto “To Protect and Serve”.
Read moreThe people who are pushing the message that law enforcement is systematically racist have created a deadly environment for police officers.
Read morePart of the problem is that we don’t share with or educate the public how hard use of force situations are. Partly because we face these situations every day and accept them and partly because we don’t explain that part...
Read moreThe narrative being portrayed by the liberal media, BLM and the man that holds the Office of the President is that police are shooting black Americans because they consider them no more important than dogs.
Read moreWhen I first became a police officer, you were only required to attend a forty hour course to perform your duties and then obtain the rest of your training within the first year.
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