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LAUNCHES CHESAPEAKE POLICE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
Customized
program to focus on leadership and communication skills
CHESAPEAKE,
Va. – (Aug. 19, 2005) – Tidewater Community College, in partnership
with the Chesapeake Police Department, has developed the Chesapeake
Police Leadership Institute, a customized education and training
program for newly promoted patrol officers in Chesapeake.
“Through the
Chesapeake Police Leadership Institute, our lead officers will
enhance their supervisory skills and communicate more clearly
and effectively with our citizens, in both day-to-day contact
and crisis situations,” says Col.
Richard A. Justice, chief of police. “This program will
contribute to the excellence of our officers and their opportunities
for promotion,” he adds, noting the college's fast and thorough
response to their needs. “TCC is proving once again what an excellent
resource it is to the community.”
The institute
was created to provide police supervisors with education and training
designed to meet Chesapeake 's specific law-enforcement needs.
Through a real-life problem-based approach to learning, classes
will assist students with developing important leadership and
communication skills. The institute's goal is for graduates to
become more effective supervisors and strong community leaders.
“We're
delighted to be able to offer the quality, custom training requested
by the police department,” says Linda Rice, TCC Chesapeake Campus
provost. “Partnering with such a critical community agency to
enhance service to citizens fits our mission perfectly.”
The initial curriculum
consists of four three-credit courses:
• Front
Line Supervision, a supervisory development course that offers
the fundamentals of leading and managing staff
• Spanish
for Criminal Justice, a beginning class in conversational Spanish
that enables students to communicate with Chesapeake 's diversifying
population
• Advanced
Leadership Skills for Criminal Justice, a class that examines
the role and responsibilities of a law-enforcement leader in
Chesapeake
•
Leadership in the Community Policing Environment, a course to
teach students how to build relationships and become leaders in
the community
Front Line
Supervision and Spanish for Criminal Justice will be offered this
fall at TCC's Chesapeake Campus. Two leadership courses will follow
in spring 2006.
NOTE:
TCC offers an associate in applied science degree in
administration of justice; all four TCC campuses offer classes
in that degree program - Chesapeake offers 10 this fall, and has
added a former FBI agent to the faculty roster.
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Laurie White |
Media Relations |
757-822-1085 |
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Tidewater Community College
is the second largest of the 23 community colleges in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, enrolling more than 36,000 students annually. The 37th
largest in the nation’s 1,600 community-college network, TCC
ranks among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges. Founded
in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, the
college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake,
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne
and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the theater district
in downtown Norfolk, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth
and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-four
percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university
in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC. For more information,
visit www.tcc.edu
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