Leadership Development Training for Women Officers

Sixteen women officers have undergone the first Women in Policing training session focussed on leadership development facilitated by the Australian Institute of Police Management through its Pacific Faculty of Policing [PFP] and the Australian Federal Police [AFP].

The Pacific Improving Workplace Communication short program was conducted at the Australian High Commission yesterday via zoom, is designed to encourage participants to look at the challenges faced in different situations and be aware of their own impact in the workplace.

The training was facilitated by PFP Director Amanda McCormick for women officers from the Central, Southern and Eastern Divisions and Police Headquarters.

AFP’s Senior Liaison Officer Pacific Detective Superintendent Adrian Morton shared the importance of collaboration for the betterment of their workplaces.

"Policing is something that transfers, policing changes the technology, it changes the people that we are targeting and that means that we have to change, we have to come up with new ideas, be innovative, have determination and work together for the betterment of our institutions''.

The 3-hour session also provided the officers the opportunity to enhance interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to address difficult conversations.

The program is aligned with the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Pacific Police Training Advisory Group [PPTAG] Leadership Framework competencies with two more sessions to be conducted consecutively before the year ends.