Two Lakeland PD Lieutenants Graduate from Senior Leadership Program

Two Lakeland Police Department Lieutenants recently graduated from the Senior Leadership Program of the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute in Tallahassee. Lt. Mike Link and Lt. Anne-Marie Wendel were part of a graduating class of 33 senior law enforcement managers from around the state who were awarded their certificates last Friday.

The goal of the Senior Leadership Program is to prepare Florida's criminal justice leadership for the challenging and changing demands of the future. Class participants studied the changing trends within the criminal justice field and examined the leadership necessary to lead agencies through these changes.

Our Lieutenants began the program a year ago and were required to attend a one-week class in Tallahassee each month. Classroom work was in addition to take-home assignments and a comprehensive research project. To say the least, the entire training program is long, grueling, and very demanding.

Lts. Link and Wendel are the first from Lakeland PD to complete the SLP. Our congratulations to each of them for this accomplishment.

- Asst Chief Bill LePere