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Command College Graduation for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
A
Everybody
could
have
a
seat,
we'll
get
started,
appreciate
everybody
coming
out
this
morning.
My
name
is
Brad
Koch
and
I
am
a
captain
with
the
office
of
the
chief
with
the
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Police
Department
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
here
to
the
Charlotte
City
Council
Chambers
for
our
fifth
command
college.
Graduation
today
is
a
special
occasion
as
we
recognize
15
leaders
spanning
nine
different
law
enforcement
agencies
from
three
states.
Each
one
of
these
individuals
has
spent
the
past
six
months
being
challenged
both
personally
and
professionally.
A
A
And
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we
have
nine
different
law
enforcement
agencies
and
several
Chiefs
assistant,
Chiefs
and
deputy
chiefs
from
those
agencies
are
here
as
well,
including
Matthews,
Police,
Chief,
Clark,
Pennington,
Monroe,
Police,
Chief,
Brian,
Gillard,
Charleston,
deputy
chief
Niomi
Bratton
and
Hampton
Virginia
police
department,
assistant
chief,
kenneth
ferguson.
Thank
you
all
for
making
the
journey
here.
B
May
be
seated,
we
know
every
time
we
have
somebody
who
goes
through
something
like
this,
which
was
they're
gonna,
say
it's
a
hard,
arduous
task.
It
was
pretty
easy
really
for
me.
They're
gonna
tell
you
that
they
couldn't
do
that
without
people
behind
them
supporting
them,
and
we
appreciate
that
heavy-lift
on
your
part,
there's
somebody
else
here
who
I
want
to
recognize
deputy
chief
Katrina
Gras.
Would
you
please
please
stand.
B
She's
growl,
just
just
retired
recently,
and
we
told
her
she'd
be
back
in
true
to
form
there.
She
is
seriously
I
like
to
recognize
people,
who've
been
Trailblazers
and
who
laid
the
path
that
we
follow
and
deputy
chief
growl
you're.
Definitely
one
of
them.
Thank
you
to
those
who
are
about
to
graduate
congratulations.
B
Remember
you
asked
for
this.
What
you've
done
is
demonstrated
that
you're,
ready
for
new
challenges,
I
did
not
say,
promotions,
new
challenges
and
a
part
of
that
is
being
ready
for
new
tasks.
It's
amazing
I
hear
from
Virginia
down
to
South
Carolina,
deputy
chief
Jennings
hidden
here,
he'd
also
say
next
is
Tennessee.
That's
his
home
state.
The
point
of
it
is
we
wanted
to
be
regional
when
we
started
talking
about
this,
this
concept
back
in
2003,
I,
never
thought
we'd
be
talking
about
multiple
states.
B
It
just
goes
to
show
you
when
you
develop
a
good
product
as
deputy
chief
sd's
and
he's
not
here,
but
Major
Mike
Adams
have
done
with
this
program.
It
speaks
for
itself
to
the
Chiefs
assistant,
Chiefs
and
command
members
who
sacrifice
and
given
us
your
people.
We
think
it
will
pay
for
this
investment.
We
appreciate
everybody
here
to
take
part
in
this
graduation
and
once
again,
congratulations
to
those
who
are
about
to
be
who
are
about
to
graduate
this
command
College
and
move
forward
with
new
challenges,
new
challenges.
C
Good
morning,
all
right
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
tell
each
of
you
what
an
honor
and
a
privilege
it
has
been
to
be
a
part
of
this
leadership
program
and
certainly
to
extend
my
gratitude
to
all
of
those
who
have
made
this
command
college
possible.
It
has
certainly
given
us
a
solid
foundation
for
enhancing
our
leadership
abilities
on
behalf
on
behalf
of
the
class
I
would
like
to
thank
chief
Putney,
deputy
chief
s,
T's
C
MPD
Academy
staff,
with
a
special
thank
you
to
Major,
Nelson
Bolling,
lieutenant
Jason,
Hilton
and
lieutenant
Ford.
C
I
would
also
like
to
thank
all
the
partnering
agencies
and
the
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Police
Foundation,
for
your
continued
support
on
behalf
of
all
the
outside
agencies.
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
opening
up
this
opportunity.
First
for
us
to
experience
firsthand
the
emphasis
you
place
on
developing
exceptional
leaders.
At
this
time,
I
would
like
to
introduce
our
class
speaker,
Captain
Station
taro,.
D
But
as
you
heard,
my
name
is
Stacie
and
Cheryl
I'm,
with
I'm
employed
by
the
town
of
Matthews,
what
I
say
to
serve
the
people,
the
men
and
women
of
the
Matthews
Police
Department,
who
serve
the
members
in
the
community
of
Matthews
and
the
reason
I
drag
out
the
the
title.
If
you
will,
that
way
is
because
I
very
much
see
that
as
my,
why
and
that's
what
we
wanted
to
speak
as
a
class
to
you
all
about
today,
as
is
how
we
developed
our.
D
D
Second
is
also
the
opportunity
to
publicly
thank
all
of
those
people
that
made
this
possible
the
it's
valuable
15
seats
in
such
a
class
like
this,
those
seats,
be,
are
very
valuable
seats
and
just
to
be
able
to
I.
Just
personally
wanted
to
thank
you
all.
She
put
any
chief
s
T's
for
for
your
work,
but
also
the
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Police
Foundation.
We
learned
more
about
the
Police
Foundation,
while
we're
in
this
class.
D
A
third
reason
that
I
was
chosen
before
you
to
stand
here
and
provide
our
remarks
on
behalf
of
the
class
was
because
I
promise
to
be
brief,
so
I
will
try
my
best
to
encompass
or
try
to
give
some
sort
of
a
sense
of
what
went
on
over
the
over
the
past
five
months.
Hopefully,
you've
got
an
opportunity
when
you
came
in
to
see
the
slide
show
pictures
worth
a
thousand
words,
and
we
did
a
lot
of
amazing
things.
D
As
a
brief
recap:
during
command
College,
we
were
challenged
in
many
ways:
I
looked
into
the
eyes
of
a
fellow
classmate
and
saw
absolute
terror
one
day
as
he
was
frozen
on.
The
ropes
course
completed.
That
course
completely
despite
a
pretty
severe
fear
of
heights,
and
that
was
just
one
one
example
of
much
that
was
overcome
that
same
person,
just
yesterday
morning
before
the
Sun
rose,
was
able
to
rappel
off
a
nearly
hundred
foot
Tower
in
the
dark.
D
Overcoming
those
fears
was
was
an
unexpected
element
to
this
class
that
we
didn't
know
was
coming.
We
honestly
evaluated
ourselves
in
cultural
competency
to
better
understand
ourselves.
Others
experienced
poverty
in
a
way
that
I
never
thought.
We'd
have
been
able
to
experience
in
just
one
afternoon.
D
Some
of
the
standard
things
you
would
expect
legal
issues,
liability,
mental
health,
media
relations.
Those
are
the
types
of
comprehensive
things
you
tend
to
get
in
in
leadership,
schools
and
things
of
this
nature,
and
this
didn't
disappoint
as
well.
It
was
all
very
well
received
and
very
informative.
D
There
are
also
money,
many
other
unexpected
components
to
command
college.
The
most
obvious
is
how
physically
demanding
this
class
was
for
all
of
us,
I'm
sure
the
family
and
friends
that
are
here
today
and
and
the
ones
that
could
make
it
better
back
home,
have
heard
much
about
what
we
were
able
to
accomplish
through
motivation
and
teamwork.
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
us
were
expecting
what
we
went
through
with
the
scat
defensive
tactics
and
ground
fighting
I
know:
I
have
never,
and
probably
most
most
of
us
have
never
experienced
training
so
realistic.
D
So
realistic
we
felt
like
we
were
actually
going
to
die
in
a
fight,
probably
too
realistic,
but
I
can
say
that
left
a
very
memorable
and
oppression
that
likely
never
to
be
forgotten
and
certainly
changes.
Our
perspective
on
how
we
view
physical
resistance
use
of
force
and
those
types
of
issues,
of
course,
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
talk
about
the
capstone
event,
but
unfortunately
I'm
sworn
to
secrecy
on
that
in
case
there's
anybody
that's
been
looking
to
be
in
the
Future
command
colleges
can't
talk
about
capstone,
but
I
promise.
D
So,
even
though
there
was
a
lot
of
that
and
more
I
actually
wanted
to
come
back
to
where
I
began
the
why
there
is
no
greater
understanding
of
oneself
than
understanding
your.
Why
and
it's
very
important
for
others
to
know
your.
Why,
as
well
recently
as
a
class,
we
were
discussing
leadership
books
that
we
have
read
and
then
have
inspired
us
one
such
book
that
has
impacted
my
professional
and
personal
life
has
start
with
Y
by
simon
Sinek
and
it
he
describes.
D
That
is
easy
for
us
to
tell
people
what
we
do
and
it's
often
easy
to
tell
people
how
we
do
it,
but
people
usually
make
decisions
on
feelings.
What
we
do
in
how
we
do
it
can
consume
us
as
leaders
in
our
organizations,
but
that
does
not
do
much
for
people's
emotions
and
feelings.
People
will
enthusiastically
follow
someone
who
leads
them
when
they
know
why
they
do
what
they
do.
D
There
are
leaders,
and
there
are
those
that
lead
leaders
hold
a
position
of
power
and
authority,
but
those
that
inspire
us,
whether
it's
an
organization
or
an
individual.
We
will
follow
those
that
lead
not
because
we
have
to,
but
because
we
want
to
ultimately
we're
doing
it
for
ourselves
and
the
people
that
are
in
our
organizations
are
doing
it
for
themselves.
That's
the
kind
of
leadership
we
would
be
should
be
striving
for
as
individuals
and
hopefully
influencing
in
our
organizations
command.
College
has
been
an
excellent
opportunity
for
us
to
better
understand
our.
D
Why
now
it
is
our
job
to
make
others
know
our.
Why,
through
our
leadership
example
for
those
that
know
Wayne
Embry,
you
know
that
he's
very
inspirational,
yeah
Wayne
couldn't
be
here
today,
but
people
that
know
Wayne
no,
his
wife,
he
clearly
enjoys
motivating
others
and
especially
motivated
us.
A
yesterday's
conclusion.
Wayne
asked
each
of
us
to
state
that
what
we
wanted
our
legacy
to
be.
D
Those
are
with
these
leaders,
myself,
included,
see,
is
our
legacy
that
we
strive
to
work
towards.
This
is
what
command
college
has
helped
us
to
do
for
our
organizations
for
us
individually
and
for
all
those
that
we'll
work
with
on
our
teams.
So
once
again
like
to
say
thank
you
to
the
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Police
Department,
the
foundation,
the
Friends
of
family
and
all
the
instructors
and
people
that
were
made
it
possible
in
support
of
this.
E
Thank
You
Brad
I'll
be
brief.
We'll
get
the
graduation
proceedings
on
very
shortly.
I'm
sure!
That's
what
you
guys
are
waiting
on
I
do
want
to
echo
special
thanks
to
chief
Putney
and
also
the
Charlotte
metro,
police
foundation
and
I'll
speak
on
behalf
of
chief
Putney
as
well
as
you
I
have
found
as
you
get
closer
to
a
retirement
time.
E
Professional
development
personally
tends
to
fade
somewhat
away
from
looking
to
see
what
you
may
as
an
individual,
achieve
or
be,
or
do
and
turn
toward
what
you
can
put
into
others
so
that
they
may
achieve.
That's
where
fulfillment
for
me
and
I
believe
I
speak
for
the
chief
is
now
so
when
we
have
a
command
College
that
comes
through.
It
is
especially
fulfilling
to
see
a
group
of
young
leaders
who
will
be
the
replacement
for
folks
who
hold
heads
like
us
that
are
leaving.
E
It
is
absolutely
inspiring,
builds
confidence
in
myself
for
the
department,
but
also
the
community,
so
those
of
you
in
attendance
today,
you're
looking
at
our
future
leaders,
I
couldn't
be
more
proud,
I
really
couldn't
just
so.
You
know
some
of
the
things
that
they
did.
This
is
about
a
five
and
a
half
month
deal
where,
during
that
time,
they're
holding
down
their
regular
jobs,
commitments
with
family
and,
in
the
meantime,
they're
coming
in
getting
physically
challenged.
They
have
research
projects
that
span
the
entire
five
and
a
half
month
a
couple
of
them.
E
They
have
outside
agency
visits
where
they
go
to
agencies.
Other
agencies,
outside
the
state
and
inside
the
state
to
bring
back
an
assessment
from
what
the
see
they
have
all
the
things
that
you
talked
about
and
even
more,
we
teach
them
how
to
eat.
Greet
and
tweet
properly
of
all
things.
They
go
to
NASCAR
and
learn
the
teamwork
of
learning.
How
to
do
a
pit
change
deal.
E
Secondly,
once
you
do
that
then
begin
to
pour
yourself
into
others,
as
you
pour
yourself
into
your
own
professional
acumen,
and
then
you
look
around
and
find
leadership
has
found
you
I'm
very
proud
of
this
class
5
I
look
forward
to
more
classes
in
the
future,
well
done
class
zero,
zero!
Five!
Let's
graduate.
A
All
right
now
we
will
get
on
with
the
main
event.
I
will
call
each
graduate
down
here
individually
and
we
will
start
with
captain
key
labelled.
Captain
Bell
has
worked
for
the
North
Carolina
State
Highway
Patrol
for
the
past
22
years,
and
she
is
currently
the
troop
commander
for
true
page
out
of
Monroe
North
Carolina.
A
A
A
If
any
family
with
captain
Warren
is
here,
you
can
make
your
way
down.
Captain
Warren
has
worked
for
the
Hampton
Police
Department
in
Virginia
for
18
years
prior
to
joining
the
Hampton
Police
Department.
Captain
Warren
was
a
sheriff's
deputy
with
the
San
Diego
Sheriff's
Department.
For
six
years.
Captain
Warren
is
currently
the
captain
over
the
department
Support
Services,
where
she
serves
as
a
support
services,
branch
deputy
commander,
which
oversees
communications,
real-time
crime,
Center
research
and
planning
records.
Special
events
almost
done
school
resource
officers
and
homeland
security.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Was
told
to
remind
you
that
the
deputy
chief
over
special
services
group
is
the
best
one
from
the
deputy
chief
over
of
the
special
services
group.
Next
up
is
lieutenant
Shannon
Huntley
lieutenant
Huntley
has
worked
for
the
Matt
Monro
Police
Department
for
16
years
prior
to
joining
Monroe.
Lieutenant
Huntley
was
a
deputy
sheriff
with
the
Rowan
County
Sheriff's
Office
for
eight
years.
She
currently
supervises
a
patrol
division.
A
A
A
Hi,
everybody
may
be
seated
chief
Putney
facilitated
the
development
and
institution
of
our
first
command
College
back
in
2016
before
today,
52
leaders
had
graduated
from
this
prestigious
program
from
a
multitude
of
different
departments
throughout
the
southeast.
The
program
was
created
to
develop
leaders
and
prepare
them
for
complex
contemporary
challenges
through
innovative
techniques,
superior
education,
research
and
a
network
of
professional
partnerships.
A
The
program
identifies
emerging
leaders
from
the
rank
of
lieutenant
and
captain,
and
there
is
a
competitive
application
process
to
be
considered
for
the
command
college
graduates
in
the
four
previous
continue
to
be
promoted
to
higher
ranks
within
their
respective
departments
and
I'm.
Confident
this
group
of
15
will
continue
to
rise.
Higher
John
Maxwell
is
a
best-selling
author
and
speaker
who's
written
many
books,
primarily
focusing
on
leadership.
One
of
his
books
is
called
the
360
degree
leader
in
it.
A
He
talks
about
developing
your
influence,
not
based
on
your
title,
but
how
you
motivate
and
affect
the
individuals
around
you.
Wherever
you
are
in
your
organization,
you
must
learn
to
lead
up,
lead
across
and
lead
down.
The
number
one
misconception
people
have
about
leadership
is
the
belief
that
leadership
comes
from
having
a
position
or
title
this
position,
myth
that
you
can't
lead
if
you're
not
at
the
top,
couldn't
be
further
from
the
truth.
The
erroneous
thinking
of
this
myth
is
that
leadership
is
position
and
not
influence.
A
When
potential
leaders
understand
the
dynamics
of
gaining
influence
with
people,
they
come
to
realize
that
position
has
little
to
do
with
genuine
leadership.
You
can
lead
others
from
anywhere
in
the
organization
and
when
you
do
you
make
the
organization
better.
The
bottom
line
is
this:
leadership
is
a
choice.
You
make
not
a
place,
you
sit,
anyone
can
choose
to
become
a
leader
wherever
he
or
she
is.
You
can
make
a
difference,
no
matter
where
you
are
as
our
newest
command
college
graduates.
A
You
are
intimately
familiar
with
the
Horton's
of
taking
care
of
each
other
and
leading
from
where
you
are
one
of
the
basic
command
college.
Tenants
is
that
the
team
can
always
go
further
than
any
one
individual
can
go
by
themselves
and
make
sure
you
take
care
of
your
team.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
this
time.
I
like
to
ask
you
to
join
us
outside
for
refreshments,
where
we
celebrate
b15
extraordinary
leaders.
Thank
you
for
coming
have
a
good
day.