Speakers educate and empower law enforcement leaders and staff in tri-state area
Bay Shore, N.Y. (Oct. 8, 2024) – In an effort to empower law enforcement officers with executive leadership skills, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Foundation recently sponsored the fourth annual Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Executive Leadership Conference. The conference, hosted by Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr., was held on Oct. 8 at the Boulton Center for the Performing Arts in Bay Shore, N.Y.
This year’s conference attracted more than 150 upper-level members of staff from various law enforcement agencies, government and public sector businesses in Suffolk County.
The conference featured presentations by experts in leadership including former NFL Super Bowl Champion Gary Brown; Lindsay McCall Long, a retired law enforcement professional from Arizona who survived multiple gunshot wounds during a critical incident; and a female law enforcement panel moderated by 1010 WINS-FM reporter Sophia Hall.
Toulon created the Executive Leadership Conference to help bridge the gap that exists in leadership training for law enforcement. The invitation-only conference was open to high-ranking law enforcement officials from Suffolk County, Nassau County, New York City and beyond.
With more than three centuries of continuous service, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is the oldest law enforcement in Suffolk County, N.Y., and has become known as one of the most innovative law enforcement agencies and correctional systems in the country.
The philosophy and approach of Toulon was the impetus for the birth of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Foundation in 2020.
The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Foundation’s mission is to support community-based programming to reduce incidents of crime and recidivism, improve outcomes for at-risk individuals, and build positive relationships with members of law enforcement.
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