Police department hosts leadership class

    The Clear Lake Police Department will host a week-long Supervisory Leadership Institute, taught by the FBI’s Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA) this week.
    The class is designed for the development of first-line supervisors and middle managers.  Forty-two officers from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas will be in Clear Lake for the week to attend the training.
    According to Clear Lake Police Chief Greg Peterson, the FBI’s LEEDA has offered the prestigious Command Institute for top police executives for many years.  Peterson is a graduate of the Command Institute, which he attended in the mid-1990s.
    The Supervisory Leadership Institute is new and has been offered only within the past year.  
    Shortly after coming to Clear Lake, Peterson became aware of the new training from the FBI and learned it had not been previously offered in North Central Iowa.  He contacted LEEDA several months ago and offered to host the class.  This October the Clear Lake Police Department will again host the FBI LEEDA, this time for the Command Institute.
    Commenting on the class, Chief Peterson said, “Many times police officers are promoted after proving their skills on the street.  Many of these officers have not had the kind of training they need to prepare them for supervision and management. These are totally different skill sets that you do not learn working on the street.  Training like this will benefit departments by making these officers better supervisors and managers.  The result will be better managed departments, and that translates into better service for the citizens of the communities these officers serve in.”