- Forensics & Investigative
- Communication
- Leadership
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Specialized Training
- Overview
- ALERRT Level 1
- Applied Verbal De-escalation Tactics
- Applied Verbal De-escalation Tactics: Train-the-Trainer
- Basic School Resource Officer
- Basic Spanish for Law Enforcement
- Effective Policing: Autism Response
- Effective Policing: Foundations of Trust
- Field Training Officer
- Field Training Officer Coordinator
- Instructor Development
- Non-Confrontational Investigative Interviewing
- About
Southeastern Leadership Academy
About the Academy
The five-week, comprehensive Southeastern Leadership Academy (SELA) challenges participants to develop their leadership styles and become more effective and progressive leaders. The academy includes interactive instruction from top law enforcement personnel.
SELA is held at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga campus. Sessions are monthly, with the opening session lasting two weeks. Each session focuses on a theme:
- Foundations of leadership and leading others
- Leadership skills
- Building external relationships
- Employee/internal matters
- Critical issues
When: The program runs July through November each year. SELA does not run for consecutive weeks, allowing smaller agencies to reduce the impact of staff vacancies.
Who Should Attend: The academy is limited to mid-management personnel. All candidates are closely screened and must be prepared to complete university-level coursework.
Tuition
- Registration fee (includes housing): $3,500
- Commuter registration: $2,500 (for participants who reside within a 50-mile radius of Chattanooga)
- Municipal and county law enforcement agencies in Tennessee’s distressed, at-risk or rural counties can request to have registration fees funded through LEIC’s DARRT Initiative.
Program Contact
Contact Program Manager Jeff Lindsey for more information.
- jeff.lindsey@tennessee.edu
- (865) 946-3218
This project is funded under an agreement with the State of Tennessee, Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Criminal Justice Programs and is supported by Award #2020-MU-BX-0051, awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, USDOJ.
