• By Ashleigh Sloop
• Posted Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Lieutenant Cranfill Graduates from Leadership Course

Lieutenant J. S. Cranfill has graduated from the Law Enforcement Leadership and Management Development Program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College on April 15th, 2011. Lieutenant Cranfill was one of fourteen officers to successfully complete the program in North Carolina. Sheriff Chipp Bailey of Mecklenburg County delivered the keynote address during the commencement ceremony.

The certificate program is for sworn personnel designed to assist city, county, and state employees with training they need to become a more qualified planner and decision maker. It is for the officer being considered for promotion, as well as the current supervisor wanting to improve their interpersonal skills. The program is designed and administered in a fourteen course certificate program in a nine-month time frame. Officers attend one week per month from 8:00 to 5:00 daily. Each course is designed to be fast-paced and require out-of-class work. Classes include Law Enforcement Administration, Community and Media Relations, Law Enforcement Budgeting, Law Enforcement Ethics and Effective Leadership.