Management Course

The 104-hour mandated Management Course (Regulation 1005) is designed to assist supervisors transitioning to middle managers and must be completed within 12 months of promoting or being appointed to a middle management position. The instructional goals for this course are organized under the following topics:

• Transition to Lieutenant
• Leadership
• Community-Oriented Policing & Problem Solving (COP/POP)
• Strategic Planning
• Fiscal Management
• Personnel Issues
• Legal Issues
• Critical Incident Management
• Ethics
• Risk Management
• Media Relations
• Personal & Professional Growth
• Project Presentations & Reports

POST contracts with CSU Humboldt, CSU Long Beach, South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium and San Diego Regional Training Center to present the course. Course sites vary, but are generally held in the following areas: