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The leader of an organization has a difficult task. Anyone coming up the chain in any police agency would appreciate the issues and problems of that agency. While the leadership issues of a large PD would dwarf those of a smaller department, both would have features unique to their size and location. Regardless of whether an agency is large, medium, or small, the difficulties of leadership can often get to a point that the leader pulls the plug. If this happens frequently, I would suspect that this creates its own problems for the organization itself. But I’ve been wrong before. Today we're going to talk with Dr. Tarah Hodgkinson from the Department of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brandford, Ontario about her recent article, Churn a the top: Understanding predictors of turnover in police leadership in Canada (coauthored by Vanessa Currado).

Main Topics

• There are both plusses and minuses to police chief turnover.
• Externally hired chiefs can offer fresh eyes and new perspectives for an agency.
• Police chiefs tend to leave when they’re older, MORE educated, and when they are an internal hire.
• Chiefs tend to stick around when the population is larger and there are more females on the force.

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