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Welcome and thank you! Stay safe!

Welcome and thank you! Stay safe!The Woodfin Police Department is excited to welcome Officer Liza Rozencranz to our ranks. Officer Rozencranz comes to us after serving as a Sheriff's Deputy in Madison County, NC. She is highly motivated and we are excited to have her on our team! ... See MoreSee Less

4 hours ago
Welcome and thank you, Dispatcher Nabor and Officer Bell! Stay safe!

Welcome and thank you, Dispatcher Nabor and Officer Bell! Stay safe!Good Morning ⛅️ City Of St. Gabriel 🙌🏾

We are very pleased to announce that our team is growing today, we would like to welcome two of our newest member to the wonderful St. Gabriel Police Department 👮🏽‍♀️👮🏽‍♀️

Left - L.Nabor (Dispatcher)
Right - B.Bell (Patrol Officer)

Thank you for joining us in welcoming our new team members and make sure to stop and introduce yourselves!
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4 hours ago
Welcome, congratulations and thank you, Officers! Stay safe!Image attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment

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4 hours ago
Such a beauty! Stay safe, K9 Simon!

Such a beauty! Stay safe, K9 Simon!We are super busy at work so here’s a little Santa Simon 🎅 ... See MoreSee Less

4 hours ago

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Congratulations and thank you to all! Stay safe!Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

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2 days ago
Welcome!! Congratulations!! Stay safe.Image attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

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3 days ago

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Congratulations

God bless and keep y’all safe! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Congratulations 🎊

Congratulations...Thank you for your service and God Bless

Congrats 👏

Congrats

👏🇺🇸

Congratulations and stay safe!

Congratulations!

Congratulations. Wish you all good luck and be safe.

Congratulations

Congratulations

BE SAFE TAKE CARE 👮‍♀️💙👮‍♀️💙👮‍♀️

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6 days ago
Thank you for 30 years of service!

Thank you for 30 years of service! ... See MoreSee Less

6 days ago

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Happy Retirement!!

Congratulations on your retirement enjoy

GOD BLESS OUR BRAVE WARRIORS🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️

👏👏👏👍👍🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Thanks proud of you

Ty

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We will Never Forget.

We will Never Forget.#NeverForget ... See MoreSee Less

1 week ago

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RIP Sir, thank you for your service to your community......

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Prayers

RIP🙏🇺🇸

RIP

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We will Never Forget.

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1 week ago

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Rest in Peace Officer. <3

Amen RIP prayers said

Prayers for the families

Prayers

💙

God bless him

RIP Officer!!!

RIP FELLOW BROTHER OFFICER

Rip Hero

So sorry. RIP

RIP

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Thank you, Sir!

Thank you, Sir!Three Decades and Counting!
Congratulations to Captain Todd Watkins on his thirty years of service to the OCSO and citizens of Okaloosa County! Thank you for your countless contributions to our community! 👏🌟
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1 week ago

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Congratulations,thank you for your service

Congratulations and stay safe

Congratulations and welcome Officer Gabidson Boisrond!Image attachment

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1 week ago

5 CommentsComment on Facebook

Salute and Honor

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Congratulations 👏🎉🎉🎉🇺🇸

Congratulations

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Thank you!

Thank you!Meet our employee of the quarter, Officer Reid Daut!

Officer Daut joined our department in 2021 after previously working as correctional deputy at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. Most recently, he was selected to be a Training Officer at our department and has since been assigned one of our new trainees.

He was chosen as Employee of the Quarter for his high quality investigations, teamwork, and resourcefulness in working to solve multiple complex cases these last few months.

Congratulations, Reid!
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1 week ago

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👏👏👏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

Congratulations and thank you!

Congratulations and thank you!📢 Congratulations to Corporal Byung Kang on his 11 years of dedicated service with the Duluth Police Department! 👏🎉

Currently assigned to Special Operations, Corporal Kang serves as a K9 Officer, working alongside his loyal and talented partner, K9 Clodo. 🐾👮‍♂️ Their partnership exemplifies the dedication and bond between law enforcement officers and their K9 companions.

Thank you for your service, Corporal Kang, and congratulations once again on this milestone achievement! 🙌👏 #DuluthPD
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1 week ago

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Thanks prayers stay safe and well in Jesus name

Congratulations

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Congratulations we Love our Police 🇺🇸❤️🙏💙

Thank you for your service! 🖤💙🖤

Congratulations 💙

Congratulations 🎊

Congratulations 🎈 🙏

Thank you for your service 💙

Congratulations!❤️🇺🇸👏👏👏

Congratulations and stay safe

👏👏👏👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

🙏👏🏾🇺🇸👍

Ty

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1 week ago

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Condolences to the families and friends!

Ty

The Credit Union is honored to welcome the Gurnee Police Department (Illinois) into our field of membership. We look forward to serving you and your families. ... See MoreSee Less

2 weeks ago

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😆🌙😹🏥🥊 Worry less, smile more.🎁https://bawornnon.vercel.app/

The Mortgage Beat returns with a post-season Bonus Episode! In this segment, Police Mortgage CEO John Aretos provides insight on the 2024 Q4 market. 

To hear the episode, please visit: https://policemortgage.com/mortgage-beat-episodes/.

The Mortgage Beat returns with a post-season Bonus Episode! In this segment, Police Mortgage CEO John Aretos provides insight on the 2024 Q4 market.

To hear the episode, please visit: policemortgage.com/mortgage-beat-episodes/.
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2 weeks ago
We will Never Forget.

We will Never Forget.On this day in 2019, the Detroit Police Department lost Police Officer Rasheen McClain, who was shot and killed in the line of duty. McClain was posthumously promoted to Sergeant. He served for 16 years. We will never forget his ultimate sacrifice. #NeverForgotten #OneDetroit ... See MoreSee Less

2 weeks ago

31 CommentsComment on Facebook

Rest In Peace

RIp! Thank you for your service,bravery,sacrifice and dedication!

🙏💙💙💙

🙏🙏🙏🖤💙🖤🙏🙏🙏

Prayers for the families. R.I.P.

Condolences to the families and friends!

God bless

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹

💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸‼️‼️

R.I.P. 🙏🏻

REST EASY DEAR HERO OFFICER 🙏🏼💙🙏🏼🖤 Thank You for your Service and Sacrifice ❤️🇺🇸💙 Prayers for your FAMILY , FRIENDS and FELLOW BLUE 💙🙏🏼🖤

🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️

Prayers

Rest in peace amen 🙏❤♥

RIP prayers said 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

🙏🙏🙏

RIP… Thank You for your service and sacrafice…

Bless his family.

Thanks to you our Hero. 🇺🇸♥️

RIP FELLOW BROTHER OFFICER

My heart breaks for his family, loved ones and friends. God comfort them in their time of grief. 🇺🇸🙏🏼

RIP🙏🇺🇸

God bless rip prayers said 🙏🙏

Rip hero

My Condelences RIP , God bless the family ❤️ 🥀 🙏

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All the best to you, Sir. Thank you for your 50 years of service!Image attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

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2 weeks ago

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Thanks prayers stay safe and well in Jesus name

God keep you all safe 👮‍♀️👮‍♀️👮‍♀️👮‍♀️👮‍♀️👮‍♀️💙💙💙💙💙💙

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2 weeks ago

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Thanks prayers stay safe and well in Jesus name

Congratulations 🎊

Bless all of you.

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You are undoubtedly familiar with the original golden rule, “treat others as you would like them to treat you.”  I say original because the golden rule has been appropriately modified over the years to now read, “treat others as they would like to be treated.”

Treating others as they would like to be treated does make more sense than just applying your standards to everyone, but it is much more difficult to accomplish.  When you subscribe to that rule, you are dedicating yourself to getting to know each and every person that matters in your life, their strengths and weaknesses, preferences, values, and purposes.  That is no small undertaking.  The original golden rule only required you to know yourself, which is much easier to do by comparison.

When you aspire to be an effective leader, the challenge becomes even greater.  Not only do you need to treat everyone around you the way they would like to be treated, you also need to lead them in a way that helps them to develop and grow at a pace that is tailored to their individual abilities, personalities, and motivations.

The same is true in parenting.  Love your kids equally, of course.  Instill values and do the best that you can to give them the tools that they will need to grow into happy and engaged adults, you bet.  Raise them all the same, no way.

The adapted golden rule intertwines with the belief that we are all unique and that our greatest attribute is the ability to be true to ourselves, to figure out who we really are and then focus on being the best version of that person possible.  No two employees are exactly alike even if they are trained in the same atmosphere by the same people for the same role just like no two kids are exactly alike even if they grow up in the same household, listening to the same parents, who are espousing the same values and virtues.

As a leader, parent, or anyone responsible for teaching, developing, and mentoring others, you will be much more effective in your role if you are aware that you are surrounded by people who are individually unique, individually motivated, and following their own individual time lines.

What does all of this mean to you?  It means that fulfilling your role to the best of your ability is much more about being alert to when your employee, student, or child is ready to take the next step then it is about when you are ready for them to take that next step.

If you were to evaluate an employee’s readiness for promotion based on how long it took you to be ready for that same promotion when you were coming up through the ranks, you are doing that employee a disservice and ignoring that individual’s unique skillset and learning curve.

If you limit your parental decision making to what you were able to do or not do when you were growing up, you are also turning a blind eye to the changes that have taken place around you as you grew to adulthood and ignoring the many things that have evolved in our society during that time.

Time on the job is important.  Gaining experiences in life is only something that can happen with time, but career tenure or age cannot be the only factors that determine how capable a person is or how mature they are.

Many CEO’s spend years learning a business and working their way through good times and tough times in order to hone their skills enough to be qualified to lead an organization.  Many, but not all.  There are plenty of examples of leaders who had the requisite skills and confidence to lead a business with very little time on the job or even proof that they had the experience to be effective in the role.

The law states that a child becomes an adult when he or she reaches the age of 18.  I certainly know plenty of people who are considered an adult in age only. Conversely, there are absolutely people who are considered a minor because of their age but are mature and capable well beyond their years.

A strong leader is ready to lead regardless of circumstances or the skillset of his or her employees.

A dedicated parent is alert and ready to be there for their kids regardless of the time of day or night or the nature of the need.

Effective leaders and parents also know that their job is never really done and that it certainly does not stop when they think the employee they are developing or the child they are raising is ready for the next step.  One step evolves into the next and the objective for all of us should be to continue to learn and to challenge ourselves to improve upon what we know, add to our strengths, and continue to address our weaknesses.

Accepting that, if you do your job well as a leader or as a parent, you will continually help your employees and kids to grow and prosper, just don’t fool yourself into thinking that it will be accomplished entirely on your timetable.  In fact, if you really do your job well, your employees and/or your kids will be ready for more before you know it.

Will you be ready?

Scott Arney
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Patrolmen’s Federal Credit Union

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