Chief deputy sheriff graduates from leadership program
Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeffrey Neal has graduated from the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas Leadership Command College.
The program, taught by a consortium of universities throughout Texas, provides law enforcement administrators and executives with the skills to effectively manage police agencies and deliver a high level of service to their communities, BSCO Sheriff James Prince said.
“I am extremely proud of Chief Deputy Jeff Neal’s desire to be the best he can be at the administration and management level of the Sheriff’s Office. Chief Neal is the first member of the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office to graduate from this prestigious training program. In addition to this program, Chief Neal attended Texas A&M UniversityTexarkana, in his off-duty time, while employed with Bowie County earning a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree with a concentration in criminal justice,” Prince said.
The program concluded on Sept. 28.
Each of the three threeweek modules attended by participants in the program is taught by top national and international law enforcement experts. Topics include leadership, professional ethics and integrity, communication and personnel management issues. The Command College curriculum also strives to keep participants on top of contemporary issues in criminal justice.
This program is one of many offered by the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, headquartered on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. The institute has been training law enforcement managers and executives since its inception in 1987. LEMIT offers numerous seminars, training for police chiefs and the leadership program, which is one of the premiere law enforcement academies in the nation. No tax monies are necessary to support LEMIT, which is funded by a surcharge on criminal court costs, affording eligible Texas law enforcement managers and executives essential professional development. Between 1,000 and 2,000 Texas law enforcement personnel benefit from LEMIT training each year.