(Fort Myers, FL: November 18, 2010) - The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation today of Fort Myers Police Captain Richard T. Carr from the Chief Executive Seminar at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) in Tallahassee.
Captain Carr is one of twenty-four graduates from law enforcement agencies around the state in attendance. The seminar met for one week a month, for three months, at FDLE’s Headquarters in Tallahassee. Graduates took classes on topics such as demography, budgeting, legacy leadership, ethics, and implementing strategic change. The goal of the Chief Executive Seminar is to prepare Florida’s criminal justice leadership for the challenging and changing demands of the future. Class participants study trends and events that may affect criminal justice professionals in the state and they develop new leadership skills to address and manage the changes that lie ahead.
The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute, established within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and affiliated with the State University System, was established in 1990 by the Florida Legislature who recognized the need for an innovative and multifaceted approach to the education and training of criminal justice professionals.