Achieving Excellence Through Values-Based Policing
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A webinar that discusses how police leaders can meet the demand for their agencies to consistently demonstrate excellence and transparency through a values-based policing approach.
Target Audience: Law enforcement executives, accreditation managers
Overall Objective: To provide information that allows law enforcement leaders to: describe the key components of values-based policing; recognize that leadership development begins at the hiring phase and continues throughout an officer’s career; recognize that hiring practices and socialization of newly hired officers will directly impact those officers’ interactions with the community and their peers; and describe the qualities of professional hiring, training, and socialization processes.
Includes: A webinar featuring police executives discussing how to ensure officers have a firm understanding of the organizational values, empathy, and impartiality - and how to model them as leaders and trainers from the time applicants begin training through their police careers.
Scott Tod
Chief of Police, North Bay Police Service, Ontario, Canada
Scott Tod currently serves as the Chief of Police with the North Bay Police Service. Prior to joining the North Bay Police Service in 2016, Chief Tod served for 33 years with the Ontario Provincial Police, retiring in 2016 as the Deputy Commissioner, Investigations and Organized Crime. He has worked in a variety of policing duties including operations, support and training. In 2003 he was designated as a Multi-Jurisdictional Major Case Manager by the Province of Ontario. He has provided guidance, advice and reports to government officials of the elected and executive branches on organized crime, national security, cyber crime and terrorism. In 2004 to 2006 he was the Officer-in-Charge of the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
He is a member of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). He has participated on many provincial, national and international law enforcement committees regarding organized crime, intelligence, counter terrorism and cyber crime. He currently co-chairs the CACP Ecrime Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors with the OACP. Chief Tod is a graduate of the Leadership in Counter Terrorism Program and the Canadian Forces College Canadian Security Studies Program. He received the Award of Excellence from the Commissioner of the Competition Bureau of Canada for his work in the area of mass marketing fraud. He is the recipient of the Police Officer Exemplary Service medal, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, and is an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces. (O.O.M) Prior to being a police officer Scott served as a commissioned officer in the Canadian Navy.
John Coppedge
Lieutenant (Ret.), Denver, Colorado, Police Department
John Coppedge has served as a police officer with the Denver Police Department since 1992. He currently serves as the Director of Training and additionally supervises the departments employee wellness and resiliency program. Prior to becoming a police officer, John served for 8 years in the United States Air Force.
John has provided presentations on leadership, emotional intelligence, trauma, stress, vicarious trauma, peer support, and suicide prevention. In 2016 he was one of a select group of people asked to present at the United States White House on men’s mental health.
More recently he helped develop the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) First-Line Leadership (FLL) training program and is a national instructor of their Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO) course. John received his undergraduate degree in communication with a leadership emphasis from Regis University graduating Summa Cum Laude and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in counseling.
William O'Toole
Assistant Chief of Police (ret.), Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Department
Bill O’Toole served with the Montgomery County (MD) Police Department for 26 years, retiring in 2006 as Assistant Chief of Police. During his career, he served in a variety of patrol, investigative, supervisory, and command assignments. Early in his career, he served as a patrol officer, a plainclothes street crimes officer, as a criminal investigator, and as an undercover narcotics investigator. As a supervisor, he has overseen both traditional patrol shifts and community-based policing teams. Former Assistant Chief O’Toole has held executive positions as a Deputy District Commander, the Director of the Training Academy, and the Director of the Media Services Division. In 2002, Bill was promoted to the rank of Assistant Chief. In that capacity, he led both the Field Services (Patrol) Bureau, which is comprised of more than 800 employees and includes oversight of six police district stations and the Special Operations Division, and the Management Services Bureau, which includes the Training, Budget, Technology, Animal Services, Records, Personnel, and Planning Divisions. During the 2002 multi-jurisdictional DC-area Sniper shootings, Chief O’Toole served as the Task Force Incident Commander. In 2003, Bill was appointed as the Acting Chief of Police and served in that capacity for almost one year. Upon his retirement, Mr. O’Toole was appointed as the Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy (NVCJA), a regional law enforcement academy that provides recruit, in-service, and command-level training to more than 2,800 sworn police officers and deputy sheriffs from 17 law enforcement agencies. In this position, Mr. O’Toole provided instruction at all levels of training in a variety of police topics and he created and implemented several innovative training initiatives that received national recognition. As a member of the Curriculum Review Committee for the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, he developed and reviewed training curriculum, policies, and safety protocols for implementation across Virginia law enforcement academies. Bill was also a member of the board of directors for the Virginia Association of Directors of Criminal Justice Training Academies and was the vice-president of that organization when he retired. Bill served as the NVCJA’s Director for more than 10 years. A veteran of the United States Army Military Police Corps and a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. O’Toole holds a Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Criminology from the University of Maryland and a Master’s degree (MS) in Management from Johns Hopkins University. He is also a graduate of the FBI’s National Academy.