The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership

In part 2 of our chat, we continue our chat with Kathy O'Toole.  We talk about women In law enforcement, the importance of academic relationships with police agencies and the differences between policing in the US and Europe.  Kathy O'Toole is an international police leader.  Starting as a patrol officer with the Boston Police Department, she rose through the ranks.     Kathy left the Bo...

Kathy O'Toole is an international police leader.  Starting as a patrol officer with the Boston Police Department, she rose through the ranks.     Kathy left the Boston Police for the now-defucnt Metroplitann Police.  When the Mets were subsumed by the Massachuestts State Police, she became a Lietenant Colonel. Kate she was tapped by Governor WIlliam Weld as the Secretary of Public Safety  She...

Natalie Hiltz is an Acting Inspector and veteran office with the Peel Regional Police in Ontario, Canada.   Hey there! Send us a message. Who else should we be talking to? What topics are important? Use FanMail to connect! Let us know! Contact us: copdoc.podcast@gmail.com  Website: www.copdocpodcast.com If you'd like to arrange for facilitated training, or consulting, or talk about steps you...

Brandon Kooi is a professor and researcher, working at Aurora University in Ilinois.  Brandon Kooi is a professor and director of the criminal justice program at Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois. Kooi has been a private security consultant/executive, criminal investigator, law clerk, and youth crisis interventionist. He has helped to train police chiefs and executives across Wisconsin at the...

Jennifer Hyland is the Deputy Chief Constable for the newly created Surrey Police Service (SPS) in Canada.  A Canadian police veteran, Jennifer served for a municipal police agency and later joined the Royal Candian Mounted Police (RCMP).  She has served in a number of capacities. In January 2021, Jennifer Hyland was appointed as the first Deputy Chief Constable for the new Surrey Police Service....

Maureen McGough (Mc-Goff) is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Policing Project, a non-profit organization, at New York University Law School.  At the Policing Project Maureen (Mo) oversees national efforts to improve accountability and transparency in policing.  She joined the Policing Project after working with the National Police Foundation, where she led the non-profit’s research,...

Dr. Dave Lambert is a retired Lieutenant from the Massachusetts State Police.  He is now the Associate Dean for the Justice System Training and Research Institute (JTSRI) at Roger Williams University, School of Justice Studies.  JSTRI provides training, and technical assistance,  collaborating on research projects.  The Command Series focuses on first-line supervisors, mid-managers, and executives...

Dr. Shane Kilcommins was the Head of the School of Law at the University of Limerick (UL).  Previously a professor at University College Cork, Shane now serves as the Executive Dean of Faculty Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at UL.  Dr. Kilcommins was instrumental in the relationship between the University of Limerick and the Garda College.  UL is responsible to accredit training modules for...

We talked with Dr. Michael Roberto, a Professor of Management and Leadership at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI.  He joined the tenured faculty at Bryant after serving on the faculty at Harvard Business School. Professor Roberto published Unlocking Creativity and wrote two previous books: Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes For An Answer and Know What You Don’t Know .   Dr.  Professor Robert...

Carmen Best is a U.S. Army veteran and a long-term officer and executive with the Seattle Police Department.  She worked in a number of positions, rising to become the first African- American police chief in Seattle.   Carmen worked to reform the police deptrtment under a Consent Decree and was involved in the response during the protesting and rioting follwoing the outrage from the George Floyd d...

Dr. Susanne Knabe-Nicol is a  police psychologist in the UK.  She is a lecturer at Middlesex University in London and the founder of the Poice Science Dr.  She worked in policing for 10 years and has focused on translating research into digestible articles and videos so that the policing profession can make use of existing research, which is normally written in a dense manner.  Synthesizing concep...

Sam Thiara is a leadership lecturer and leader coach affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Sam is a writer and blogger, with a passion to inspire and motivate others in their personal and professional development through his many adventures and reflections on life’s journey. Since 2004, Sam began as a lecturer at the Beedie School of Business and Fraser I...

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Bruce O'Brien is an Assistant Commissioner with the New Zealand Police.  He is now responsible for the National Intelligence, Evidence-based Policing, and Roads Policing.  A 20+ year veteran with the NZP, Bruce is pursuing a doctorate through the Canterbury Christ Church University.   We spoke about policing, the issues in policing in New Zealand and across the Globe, innovation, the New Zeal...

Dr. Shawna Coxon is the Deputy Commissioner of An Garda Siochana, Ireland's National Police.  Shawna served with the Toronto Police Service, where she served for 26 years and rose to the rank of Deputy Chief where she led three commands at different times.  Most recently, she was in charge of the Human Resources Command, which is comprised of three functions: People and Culture, Corporate Ris...

Dr. Lavery is Chair and Professor for Pace University’s Criminal Justice & Security. She has two forthcoming books on officer wellness and sociopolitical risks in agencies. She has published in: Frontiers, Journal of Behavioral. Health, and Journal of Law Enforcement. Her research includes officer wellness and resiliency, IPV, sex crimes, humane criminology, social media & violent crime, a...

Larry Forletta is a former local police officer, Maryland State Trooper, and Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration. he is now the creator and host of the Forletta Investigates Podcast.  He is the owner of Forletta Investigative/Security Consultants in the Pittsburgh area. We talked about his experience in local and state police before signing on to the DEA.  The interview focused...

Ginny McKenna is a retired police officer from the United Kingdom.  She worked for 8 years in England and resigned after feeling harassed and losing her zeal for policing.  She seriously contemplated suicide and stopped her decision to die because of her care for her dog, at the last minute.   After several years, she decided to return to policing in Scotland, having to return to the police academ...

Dr. Darl Champion, Sr. is a tenured professor within the School of Public Affairs at Methodist University in North Carolina.  Darl served in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps and the U.S. Army C.I.D.  He began his teaching career with Fayetteville Community College.  In 1997, Dr. Champion was named the Outstanding Instructor at Fayetteville Technical Community College; in 1988 he was named the M...

In our second session with Chief Norris, we continue our candid and wide-ranging chat. We talk about police culture, leadership development, training, standards, and police reform.  David Norris is the Police Chief for the Menlo Park, CA Police Department.  He had a long career with the San Mateo Police, rising to the rank of Captain.  An east coast, Boston area transplant, Dave played baseball in...

Steve Gould is a sergeant with the Leverett, MA Police Department.  A Massachusetts native, he served as a Conservation Officer on Cape Cod, then spent 10 years as a full-time police officer in Eastham, Police Department on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In a leap of faith, he packed up his family and belongings to travel to the west coast, landing a job as a civilian police background investigator with...

Ivonne Roman is a veteran of the Newark, NJ Police  Department, retiring as Chief of Police.  She is a doctoral candidate at  Rutgers University in Camden, NJ.   Ivonne lives in Central New Jersey and was instrumental in the development of the 30x30 Project, working with NIJ and later the Policing Project at NYU School of Law. aimed at raising the number of women to 30% by 2030.   We spoke about w...

Danny Murphy started working in community advocacy in his native New Orleans, LA.  He accepted a job as a Compliance Manager after the New Orleans Police were placed under a consent Decree with the U.S. Department of Justice.  He was promoted to Deputy Superintendent for Compliance with the NOPD. He later moved to the Baltimore Police Department as Deputy Commissioner of the Compliance Unit.  Afte...

In our second session with Dr. George Reed, we discuss toxic, destructive leadership. Dr.  Reed now serves as Dean at the School of Public Policy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.  A U.S. Army military veteran, George retired as a Colonel in the Military Police Corps.  George had assignments that included MP posts, Criminal Investigation Command (CIC, formerly CID) leadership post...

Stephanie Police is the Police Chief with the Bluffton, SC Police Department.  She is a veteran in policing for over 20 years.   A long-term officer and Command Staff member with the Kansas City, MO Police Department.  She left to become Assistant CHiaf with the Savannah, GA Police.  In 2020, Chief Price started as Chief of the Bluffton Police Department.     Stephanie holds a Bachelor's Degr...