During a recent intensive two-week leadership training program in Israel, 17 Georgia police chiefs, sheriffs and other public safety officials, as well as the deputy director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, participated in the 31st annual Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange.
“We expose our delegates to policing systems under different cultures, different legal systems and different structures to help enhance their professional leadership development,” said Col. (ret.) Brent Cummings, director of the exchange.
“Leadership dilemmas faced by Israel Police executives are relevant to leadership dilemmas our delegates face at home. They learn to recognize challenges and how to better deal with them while forming their own thoughts on how to be better leaders,” he added. “Our delegates learn important lessons from their peers on how to better serve their own communities.”
The exchange, a joint project of Georgia State University of local, state, federal and international law enforcement and public safety agencies, has trained more than 45,000 law enforcement executives over the past 33 years.