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The LEEDS program was first conceptualized to fill a void in the F.B.I. executive training programs for Municipal, State, and Federal leaders of law enforcement agencies having between 50 and 500 personnel. The Management Science and Leadership Unit at Quantico, led by SSA Robert McCarthy, in collaboration with faculty from the University of Virginia, began a two-week training program at the F.B.I. Academy at Quantico on January 18, 1981, to meet this need. The Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (“LEEDS”) was born and continues to graduate more than seventy law enforcement executives annually. However, the request for executive level training continually exceeded scheduling availability at Quantico.

In 1993, Chief Terry Mangan of Spokane, Washington, and Undersheriff Paul Pastor of Pierce County, Washington, teamed with Al Whittaker, the SAC in Seattle, to establish the Northwest Command College and bring the LEEDS program to the West Coast. Regional LEEDS classes became so popular that the program expanded and now encompasses sixteen regional LEEDS training sites located throughout the United States. The response by the law enforcement community to the LEEDS programs, both regionally and at the F.B.I. Academy, has been overwhelming, and its success can be measured by its significant growth since 1981. The LEEDS network continues to graduate in excess of 800 law enforcement executives annually.

In 1991, a group of LEEDS graduates, along with SSA Robert McCarthy, decided to form an association to provide graduates with a vehicle for continued networking and educational opportunities. FBI/LEEDA, Inc., better known as the Law Enforcement Executive Development Association, a non-profit corporation, was formed. Today, LEEDA’s membership includes more than 2,200 law enforcement officials in the United States and 10 foreign countries.

Source:  FBI LEEDA, Inc.