The School of Law Enforcement Supervision (SLES), designed by Arkansas law enforcement leaders to set a standard that focuses on leadership, education and advancement in the law enforcement profession, is a four-week supervisory development course scheduled one week per month over a four-month period. Course topics include: Team Building; Research Strategies; Organizational and Nonverbal Communication; Challenging Organizational Culture; Stress Management; Social Intelligence; Situational Leadership; Managing Media Relations; Ethics and Leadership; Civil Liability; and Information Systems and Applications.
Officers are required to successfully complete a written examination at the conclusion of each week of instruction. Each examination will cover material drawn from the lectures, course texts, and outside reading assignments. In addition, this course requires officers to make oral presentations and prepare a research paper on a topic relevant to law enforcement supervision.
Letters of nomination are required for officers to attend this specialized course. Nominated officers must have reached the minimum rank of sergeant to attend. Heads of law enforcement agencies should direct correspondence and letters nominating their candidates to Dr. Cheryl P. May, Criminal Justice Institute, 7723 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204.
The Criminal Justice Institute provides free lodging accommodations for participants who reside 50 or more miles outside of the metropolitan Little Rock area. The deadline for nominations for either session will be thirty days prior to the start of the session.
This year, CJI will conduct two sessions of the School of Law Enforcement Supervision— Session XXXVI beginning in September 2010 and Session XXXVII beginning in February 2011. Each session will be held at the Criminal Justice Institute on the following dates:
Session XXXVI
September 20–24, 2010
October 18–22, 2010
November 15–19, 2010
December 13–17, 2010
Session XXXVII
February 21–25, 2011
March 21–25, 2011
April 11–15, 2011
May 16–20, 2011