LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE TRAINING

Great Lakes Leadership Seminar – Session 23

Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station

2026 Lockport Road Niagara Falls, New York

October 4-9, 2020

The Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh Divisions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will be hosting a Regional Command College in Niagara Falls, New York from October 4-9, 2020. This will be the twenty-third annual session of the Great Lakes Leadership Seminar (GLLS).

Officers in the rank of Lieutenant and above, or their agency’s equivalent, are eligible for attendance. Depending on openings, and subject to the recommendations of their agency’s chain of command, Sergeants may also, on occasion, attend this seminar. The training is modeled after the FBI’s Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LEEDS), which is held at the FBI Academy. Their primary audience is Law Enforcement Executives.

The training will cover a variety of issues affecting law enforcement leaders today. Areas covered will include active shooter response, officer wellness, media engagement, implicit bias, and other subjects important to the interaction of executives and their rank and file officers. Instructors for the session are drawn from the FBI’s Academy located at Quantico, Virginia and other subject matter experts from throughout the region.

Liaison is an important goal of the seminar. Attendees must report no later than 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 4 for registration. Classes will be held daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendance at all scheduled classes and instructional programs is considered mandatory, unless there is an emergency.

Attendees will be selected from the Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo FBI territories. This year’s session size is limited to a total of eighty (80) law enforcement executives, 20 from each territory’s AOR, in order to facilitate interaction between those attending, instructors, and FBI management present that week. Your selection to attend the GLLS will not preclude you from future attendance at the FBI National Academy.

The FBI does not normally charge for training; however, due to the inherent costs associated with this program, a fee of $375 is being charged per executive attending. This registration fee covers non-FBI instructor/presenter fees, instructional materials, and other administrative costs necessary to run the seminar. Additionally, the registration fee will also cover each attendee’s daily breakfast, lunch, refreshments, and a formal banquet dinner on Thursday evening. Payment will be addressed once attendees are selected.

If a selected attendee can no longer attend the seminar, your department can submit an application for another officer of equal or higher rank. Priority consideration will be given to your department; however final selection is made by the FBI. If the spot cannot be filled, your department may not receive a refund of the course fee.

We have arranged lodging within the Air Reserve Base at a hotel facility immediately adjacent to the training center. Lodging cost (approximately $77 per room nightly) is the responsibility of each attendee/department. Payment to the hotel will be required for lodging upon check-in.

The GLLS provides a great training and liaison opportunity for law enforcement executives from the Great Lakes region. The 2020 seminar is sponsored by the FBI Pittsburgh Division with full support from the Cincinnati, Buffalo, and Cleveland offices.

If you have any questions, contact Special Agent Michelle Pirtle, or Training and Civic Liaison Tyler Morris.

Applications will be accepted until August 3, 2020.

Michelle Pirtle

Training and National Academy Coordinator FBI Pittsburgh

412-260-6235

mrpirtle@fbi.gov

Tyler M. Morris Training and Civic Liaison FBI Pittsburgh

412-432-4323

tmmorris@fbi.gov

Sincerely,
Robert A. Jones Special Agent in Charge