Congratulations to Cpl. Charles Kessinger

By Press release submission

May 19, 2022

Ohio Law Enfocement Foundation/Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police Graduate-Supervisor Training and Education Program!

5/19/22

Congratulations to Cpl. Charles Kessinger, our School Resource Officer, for his graduation from the Supervisor Training and Education Program (STEP) offered through the Ohio Law Enforcement Foundation.

The Supervisor Training and Education (STEP) program was implemented in 2004 to assist recently promoted officers in making the transition to first line supervisor; a transition generally recognized as among the most difficult challenges in a law enforcement professional’s career. As officers enter the position of supervisor, they must change and adapt to meet the new position and organizational requirements. Through 2021, over 814 first line supervisors have completed STEP.

STEP was designed to develop newly promoted officers, or about to be promoted officers, into highly effective first line supervisors with the competency skills necessary to lead and supervise in a high performance organization. The current STEP curriculum is comprised of twenty-one modules including: transition to supervisor, leadership strategies, creating an ethical environment, developing subordinates, mentoring, dealing with problematic employees, effective listening and speaking, improved written communication, administrative skills, performance management, conflict management, critical incident management through table top exercise, supervisory response to line of duty shooting and patrol operations, supervisory response to vehicle and foot pursuits, supervisory response to domestic violence calls, media relations, risk management, capstone case studies, team presentations, panel presentations on contemporary issues, and a First Line Supervisor 360 assessment. The modules are presented over a course of three one-week sessions held in the Spring and Fall.

Cpl. Kessinger is the first member of our agency to graduate from this program. He currently serves as the SRO for Anthony Wayne Local School District.