Leading by Legacy

The IACP’s Leading by Legacy Program seeks to meet the leadership and management needs of executives, command staff, and first line supervisors from rural law enforcement agencies*. Frequent changes in leadership and significant resource limitations are commonplace in rural agencies due to the unique environment in which they operate. The Leading by Legacy Program helps rural law enforcement agencies meet these challenges by providing tools to enhance leadership skills, promote agency stability, and address the needs of their community. Building a legacy strengthens the capacity of individual leaders and organizations and one-agency-at-a time, enhances the reputation of the law enforcement profession.

With support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, through a grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Leading by Legacy program provides a variety of no-cost resources to rural agencies. These resources are designed to help law enforcement achieve positive legacies in the individual, organization, and community.

No-cost resources include:

Legacy trainings
Resource Toolkit CD-ROM
Webinars
On-site technical assistance

The Leading by Legacy Program is currently accepting applications for training events in 2012. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. IACP staff will make arrangements with eligible participants to attend training events as dates are scheduled.

Please continue to visit this Web page as information on training events and resources will be updated regularly.

Legacy Training Alumni! Please visit the new password protected alumni page.

The Leading by Legacy program is funded with support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this Web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).

* According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a county is considered rural unless it is in a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with a population of more than 50,000. The Office of Management and Budget determines the criteria on whether a county is in an MSA.