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"The LEEAT provided a comprehensive, objective look at the Durham Police Department's policies and practices with regard to hiring, retention, and treatment of our employees. It afforded me, as a newly-hired Chief of Police, to receive honest feedback from my employees about issues that affected their work environment. Changes implemented as a result of the LEEAT improved our recruitment and hiring of female officers and improved the overall environment within the Police Department. The LEEAT also provided insight into issues affecting women's decisions to compete or not compete for promotion. We are using that information to put practices in place that will ensure that all officers are afforded opportunities to grow within the agency and help them to see upward mobility as a positive, achievable goal."
Chief Teresa Chambers
Durham Police Department
"As Chief of the Albuquerque, New Mexico Police Department from 1994-1997 I had the opportunity to work closely with Donna Milgram and IWITTS on this groundbreaking effort. The LEEAT Tools helped our Department accurately assess the current work environment and make changes that greatly improved our ability to recruit, retain and promote women officers. The proof is in the numbers. Our ability to attract qualified women to our Academy and retain them as officers on our Department allowed us to increase their representation considerably in a short time."
Chief Joseph Polisar
Garden Grove (CA) Police Department
4th Vice-President, International Association of Chiefs of Police
"The Albuquerque Police Department is very proud to have had the opportunity to participate in the field evaluations of the LEEAT. The entire staff of the department has benefited from the valuable information that was brought to light as a result of the Anonymous Survey and Focus Group discussions. We have been able to use that information to make positive changes in the way we recruit, hire and train female officers. Information learned has been incorporated into our promotional process and career development program. Our employee's see positive change in the way we are addressing women's issues in law enforcement and creating a positive environment in which everyone has a truly equal standing."
Chief Gerald Galvin
Albuquerque (NM) Police Department
"It's the best tool kit I've ever seen for the recruitment and retention of women police officers. If you need to take the temperature of your police department's internal culture, this is a great thermometer."
Chief Edward Flynn
Arlington County (VA) Police Department
"This comprehensive set of Tools enables law enforcement agencies to conduct a self-assessment and develop a strategic plan for recruitment of women, preventing sexual harassment and ensuring fair promotion. The LEEAT eliminates the trial and error method of recruitment and retainment of women officers and will save Chiefs time and money. An important resource for all Departments and the first of its kind."
Chief Mary Ann Viverette
Gaithersburg (MD) Police Department
IACP 6th Vice-President
"The Environmental Assessment Tools are a must have for Chiefs who want women to join their agency, move up through the ranks and into all assignments. The LEEAT's easy to use format enables Chiefs to systematically assess their Department's work environment, set benchmarks for out comes and measure progress over time."
Chief Alana Ennis
Burlington (VT) Police Department
IACP Civil Rights Committee
"Police departments have been struggling for some time now to recruit
top quality women into the business, to make sure they are treated
equitably once hired and promoted in accordance with their desire and
skill level. This set of assessment tools provides invaluable
information and guidance in accomplishing these tasks. The Law
Enforcement Environmental Assessment Tools notebook is an easy to useproduct that allows a chief executive to take the temperature of his/her agency: are we doing all that we should be? What is the climate in the agency towards woman? A great tool, easily used with in-house
resources."
Chief Michael Berkow
South Pasadena (CA) Police Department
Our Department was a field test site for the LEEAT and in particular the information we learned from our Academy Assessment has helped us to make positive changes. We now average all women on APD above the 80th percentile in physical standards. We can attribute this to changes that we have made in recruiting (providing pre-academy orientation(s) and workout programs) and teaching classes at the academy that deal with health, nutrition and balancing the academy and family life. Our current academy class has women as two of the top three in best physical condition.
Deputy Chief Ray Schultz
Albuquerque (NM) Police Department
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