Breach Point Seminars
Breach Point: Personal & Professional Breakthroughs for Police Officers Seminar
When: July 18, 2012
Where: Hyland Hall 1302
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $75.00
In a chaotic and unpredictable world of plummeting moral standards our nation’s police officers are facing stressors that can have a negative impact upon their lives, careers and families. This seminar will assist individuals to gain a different perspective on the potentially problematic consequences of performing well within a law enforcement culture. Officers, Sergeants and those who assist them will reflect upon the traumas and triumphs associated with modern law enforcement. In addition, discussion of how these traumas and trials influence the pivotal balance between professional and personal relationships.
An experienced law enforcement executive and educator will guide law enforcement personnel in understanding a variety of best practice approaches in addressing these issues. A theme of personal leadership will run throughout this seminar as those attending will have ample chance to reflect upon the universal journey of a vocation spent in law enforcement. This seminar will provide a new set of skills designed to assist contemporary knights maintain a balanced, meaningful and rewarding lifestyle, while maintaining and protecting the nobility found in their servant’s spirit.
Topics will include:
- Removing classic frustrations encountered by all law enforcement officers & the impact of rewarded cynicism
- The caustic effects of performing well in law enforcement
- How the dynamics of control and trust can negatively influence officer attitudes both at work and home
- Learning and mastering the unique, misunderstood and potentially problematic consequences of police perspectives
- Learning from our Knightly predecessors on how to self motivate on the street, in the department and at home
Leadership for Reducing Organizational Stress in Law Enforcement Seminar
When: July 19, 2012
Where: Hyland Hall 1302
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $75.00
This seminar will assist those attending with gaining a distinctly different perspective on the unique and potentially problematic consequences of performing well within a law enforcement culture. Executives, managers and supervisors will examine better ways to reduce their stress and simultaneously garner greater staff compliance with department standards. Leaders will address stressors encountered by the rank and file which influence the pivotal balance between professional and personal relationships.
Emphasis will be placed upon executives, managers and supervisors, developing leadership practices and policies that recognize and encourage accomplishment of organizational goals while also taking better care of themselves and the people who serve under their leadership.
An experienced law enforcement executive and educator will guide supervisors and managers in understanding a variety of best practice approaches in addressing this problem. A theme of personal leadership will run throughout this seminar and those attending will have ample chance to share their views, develop decision-making models, and actually reflect on better ways to make decisions for themselves and those they lead.
Topics will include:
- Inspiring a new generation of Knights
- Removing classic frustrations encountered by all law enforcement officers & the consequences of rewarding cynicism
- How the dynamics of control and trust can negatively influence officer attitudes
- How to lead and inspire those who have been taught to anticipate the worst in everything
- Being an optimistic leader among a sea of professional pessimists
- Overcoming the damaging effects of “the rule bound” and stoic approaches to the job
- Recognizing the symptoms of stress and how police stress differs significantly from other jobs
- Developing a personal and organizational action plan to confront the issues
- Learning to help others overcome unhealthy organizational over-investment
- Why officers are at greater risk for alcohol abuse, divorce, isolation, depression and suicide
- Warning signs of distress and preventative programs to reduce and monitor it
About the Founder of Breach Point Consulting, Kent Williams:
Kent Williams is the owner of Breach Point Consulting and has been involved in law enforcement
as a police officer for over 26 years, where he presently serves as Chief of Police for a Chicago
area police department. He is the 2-term President of the Northern Illinois Critical Incident Stress
Management Team where he has served as a peer supporter for 13 years. He is a graduate of the
FBI National Academy, University of Southern California’s Delinquency Control Institute, and the
Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police, at Boston University. He
served as a Tactical Commander on a regional SWAT team serving 60 Chicago collar communities.
He has taught extensively on various courses related to leadership and organizational change.
Additionally he has taught for over 23 years on topics including use of force, weapons and tactics.
Most recently through the development of Breach Point Consulting he has launched several courses being taught on a national level, based upon the principles of Servant Leadership and how simple shifts in organizational perspective can profoundly reduce the stress, frustration and open anger expressed throughout the typical law enforcement agency. At very little cost to a police organization Chief Williams has been teaching leaders how to negate the toxic work climate which can be caused by what he has termed “The Universal Police Frustrations”. These misunderstood stressors are created by the unique combination of an effective police personality coupled with an efficient police culture. The mix if not fully understood, can be very destructive to an agency’s morale and reputation. Additionally, it predictably places officers at risk for failed careers, marriages and relationships. He sums this situation up by calling it, “The Caustic Risks of performing well in law enforcement.”
These efforts have lead to ground breaking ways police agencies can create healthier more productive and loyal work groups who remain highly dedicated throughout their careers. These same principles have been assisting officers themselves create a deeper more meaningful vocation in policing and developing a harmonious and rewarding personal life away from their career. His work on the predictable transitional issues confronting the police officer’s family has led to numerous speaking engagements designed to keep the family of a police officer emotionally and spiritually healthy.
Chief Williams lives in Illinois with his wife and three children. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice Management from Aurora University, and a Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership from Judson University.
