7. Police Chief Selection CommitteeCi"ty of Kalispell
Post Office .Box 1997 - Kaits c . M ontma 59903 -1997 - Te I ephone 7 µ7 o 'Fax - ) 78-7758
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: James I- . Patrick,, City Manager
SUBJECT. Police Chief Hiring Update
FETING ATE August 14, 2006
BACKGROUND: Council requested that preference be given to hiring the next police Chief
from inside the Department. Staff posted an in-house vacancy announcement which closed
Wednesday, August 91h, Three resumes have been received; Scott 'mall, Roger Nasset, and
v ade Rademacher.
I have scheduled interviews tentatively for August 25 th. The interview committee currently
consists of: the City .manager; City Attorney, Tom. Osborne (our Police Consultant (resume
attached) who has been on the past two Chief selection committees as well as numerous Police
hiring and promotion interview committees), Bob Birch (Chair of the Police Advisory Council),
Robyn Balcorn (Police Advisory Council), and the .Police Chief from Bozeman. The HR
Manager will be an x-officio member to insure the process and interviews are: ,properly followed.
Questions have been formulated to assess the following leadership criteria: Leadership
Credibility, Relevant Experience, Prior Performance, Initiative, versatility, Conunu .i.cation
Skills, Sense of Mission., Judgment and Decision making, , Creativity, and Motivation.
RECOMMENDATION: None. This is provided for Council's information.
Respectfully s bmitted,
�es H. Patrick, City .man er
OM OS O NE
67 TRONSTAD DRIVE
KALISPELL, MT, 59901
(406) 257-0166
Management, Traim6ng, and Organization Development Consultant primarily serving
public sector organizations since 1970. Services included - .: l wi g
Organization Effectiveness Studies
Ex eeuti ve, Management and Leadership raim' ng
Program, Project Design and. Development
Management 'beam Building Training
Personnel Assessment and Selection
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Twenty -dive years of service with The Los Angeles Police Department retiring as an area
Commander, Ding that time was involved in the following:
Executive responsibility for providing the Ul range of police services to
co'ties Y excess o sixty square miles , two hundred thousand in
population, and directing the activities of over three hundred and fifty sworn and
civilian personnel.
Created the first Police Management Development Program in the nation and
served as its director providing Management and Executive Development
Training and related services to are agency of ten thousand personnel.
Designed programs for the department in the following topic areas
.supervisory Perfonnance Standards, Crime Prevention, Multi -phase Training,
Explorer Scout Training, ring, and The Field Traim*ng Officer System.
Member of the design team that created the original. S.W. ►..T. Program and
served as S . W.A. '. Teani Leader and training advisor.
Tvaee assigned as Staff Instructor at The Los Angeles es Police Academy and
thereafter as guest instructor for fifteen years teaching courses in patrol Tactics,
Criminal Investigation., Leadership, and police Mana ement .
Assignments in patrol, felony cars, vice, juvenile, and detective assigmnents in
juveDfle crimes, sex crimes, and crimes against children.
Designed the multi-diseiplinary program for police personnel at Pepperdine University
leading to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Police Management.
'IN-1ELATED EXPERIENCE
Special seminar leader for thirty-five gears at The University of Southern California
Center for the Ad xir stration of Justice teaching Leadership and Organization
Development.
For eight years was the only instructor certified by The California Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training to conduct The Executive. Leadership emi .ar o
Organization Development.
Instructor at Glendale College for five yeas teaching courses i Criminal Investigation,
Police Administration, and Law Enforcement in Urban America.
Annual conference Keynote Speaker for the Califomia. Association of Police Training
Officers.
Exee tive Development Consultant to The Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association
and The A-rizona Department of Public Safety.
Selected to present the paper on Police Management Development at The Third. National
Symposium on Law Enforcement Science and Technology,
Consultant with Dr. Peter Drucker on an organization effectiveness study.
Consultant to The National Park service on crime and. Policing in the national parks.
Tice loaned to the ogee of Naval Intelligence to conduct special investigations.
Conducted a series of Police Executive Development Programs for the states of Idaho
and Montana and the county of St. Louis, Missouri.
Graduate of The Civil Emergency Management ent Institute as Tactical Field Commander.
Consultant to The Kalispell Police Department and The Flathead County Sheriffs
Department for twenty years providing services in organization and program
development, personnel selection, and promotional screening including the design and
direction of Assessment Centers.
EDUCATION AND HONORS
.S# -Police olive Science and Administration, California State University at Los Angeles
M.B.A. -R Organization Development, e erdine 'Un.iversit
Honored by resolutions passed by The Caiifoniia State Senate and California State
Assembly and twice by The City of Los Angeles for achievements in law enforcement, ent,