Event | 2022 Breaching the Barricade Conference

The 28th Annual “Breaching the Barricade” Law Enforcement Conference will be held on 30 September 2022 in Elkhart, Indiana. The conference and its companion Officer Appreciation Day in Sturgis, Michigan and premiere industry events made possible by the vision, work, and mentoring of Jim Bontrager. A U.S. Marine veteran, Jim is a long serving lead police chaplain for the Elkhart Police Department.Show more

At Bontrager's invitation, Secure 1776 Founder Thomas Lemmer will be presenting again at the conference. He will speak twice.

First, on the main stage, he will engage the conference's participants with a presentation entitled: "So you ask yourself; Why Me? Why Now? The session will help our officers both better understand this moment of challenge facing the profession, and help them embrace why each of them has a critical role in restoring public safety across America.

In a breakout session, Lemmer will provide an introduction to his Eight Levels of Supervisory Engagement Model. A fundamental truth of organizations, including law enforcement agencies, is that underperforming and problem employees exist. When the underperforming or problem employee is a supervisor, the need for the organization to respond is elevated. This is true even when supervisors are merely ineffective, as ineffective supervisors foster a less effective workforce. However, the impact on the agency is even worse, when supervisors do not support the organization’s values, goals, and strategies. Encouraging excellence among our police supervisors is essential to rebuilding the agencies needed to move the profession forward.

Learn more about the conference and register here:
http://www.breachingbarricade.com/

Secure 1776 is a Public Safety Professional Resource. For more information go to https://Secure1776.us .

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Secure 1776 is proud to be working with Warriors on the Wall. See our “working with others” page for more information: https://secure1776.us/collaborations/ .

For additional reading from Secure 1776 relating to this video, go to the following:

https://secure1776.us/training-services/eight-levels-of-supervisory-engagement/

https://secure1776.us/our-media/articles/tragedy-free-policing-or-else/

https://secure1776.us/our-media/articles/the-importance-of-us/