ABSTRACT
Leadership is a word that seemingly needs no definition but is generally misunderstood or misused as a concept. Confusion is common between the functions of leadership and those of management. However, the immediate assistants reported a gap between the chiefs’ values and behaviors, particularly with respect to the leadership items. Changing times call for changing approaches to leadership and leadership development. Educational institutions have broadened applied science degree programs that incorporate cybercrime and public leadership as featured majors. Along with these progressions came a shift in police leadership typology. Police culture is unique in that it operates and is responsible to specific government policies, yet can only fulfill its mission by allowing officers to operate with the greatest amount of discretion. Properly trained police psychologists, especially those with backgrounds in industrial/organizational psychology, can be very useful in devising and improving leadership development programs in law enforcement agencies.
