In this year-end episode, Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training Commissioner Nicolai Jilek talks to host Critley King-Smith about starting his fifth year at DOCJT, the importance of standards, learning from looking back, supporting department staff, meeting law enforcement training needs with collaboration and no compromise.
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In this episode of Bluegrass Beat, Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training Instructor David Gregory talks about his comprehensive experience with the agency as a recruit, a police chief and now as an educator.
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In this episode of Bluegrass Beat, former Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training Commissioner John Bizzack talks about the efforts to establish the Peace Officer Professional Standards (POPS) and their lasting impact.
Read MoreIn this episode of Bluegrass Beat, State School Security Marshal Ben Wilcox discusses his office’s recent report and keeping Kentucky kids safe while learning.
Read MoreIn this episode of Bluegrass Beat, Director of Training Operations Frank Kubala and Telecommunications Section Supervisor Lee Ann Boyle reflect on memorable moments, training changes, comradery and culture that comprise Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training history.
Read MoreIn this episode of Bluegrass Beat, host Critley King-Smith walks down memory lane with Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training Staff Assistant Patrick Miller to discuss the agency’s half-century history.
Read MoreIn this episode of Bluegrass Beat, host Critley King-Smith talks with former Georgetown Police Chief Mike Bosse about character-based leadership, the image of policing, changing the atmosphere of a department as a new leader, setting standards for one’s agency and holding each other accountable.
Read MoreIn this episode of Bluegrass Beat, Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) Administrative Division Director Michael Bogan and host Critley King-Smith talk about inclusive leadership, what it means, how to implement it and build better working relationships within an agency to grow productivity and lead by example.
Read MoreIn this episode of Bluegrass Beat, Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) Instructor Ed Lingenfelter and host Critley King-Smith discuss the Situational Leadership Theory that was created in 1969 by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey at The Center for Leadership Studies, and how the method has been adapted and taught to law enforcement at DOCJT since 1998.
During the podcast, Lingenfelter gives law enforcement and dispatch professionals a summary of the course and ways to start incorporating Situational Leadership in their work and life, starting today.
Read MoreHost and Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training Public Information Officer Critley King-Smith is joined by Public Information Supervisor Kelly Foreman to introduce the Bluegrass Beat podcast. The pair discuss the podcast’s focus on topics important to law enforcement and telecommunicators, such as training, technology, work/life balance, leadership and more.
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