Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler said Newton County’s Chief Deputy, Mike Blocker recently completed a prestigious leadership program designed to build better law enforcement professionals and leaders who, in turn, bring that leadership and professionalism to the agency to be passed on to others.
The ARKANSAS LEADER Program is cosponsored by the University of Arkansas’ Criminal Justice Institute and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The program has been designated as a Command College of the FBI in which nationally recognized presenters bring curriculum that informs participants not only of practical procedures for effectively managing their agencies, but also of the latest trends, technology and challenges facing law enforcement and our society. A limited number of participants who show the needed traits are hand selected to take part in the program.