Sgt. Jacob Knipp has graduated from the Supervisor Training and Education Program for police officers.
The three-week program is designed to develop newly promoted officers into highly effective first-line supervisors with the competency skills necessary to lead in a high-performance organization.
Areas covered include transition to supervisor, leadership strategies, creating an ethical environment, developing subordinates, mentoring, dealing with problematic employees, effective listening and speaking, improved written communication, administrative skills, performance management, conflict management, critical incident management, supervisory response to line of duty shooting and patrol operations and supervisory responses to vehicle and foot pursuits, domestic violence calls, media relations and risk management.
Pictured with Knipp are Lt. Patrick Russo, left, and Chief Mark Fender.