Capt. Wallace Completes Executive Course at Roger Williams

Middletown Police Capt. Gary Wallace has completed the the Justice System Training and Research Institute at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., in partnership with the New England Association of Chiefs of Police.

The university recognized Wallace for the successful completion of the “Command Training Series: Executive Development Course,” a seven-week comprehensive training program for senior police managers. 

Classroom and on-line coursework addressed contemporary concepts of management and leadership relevant to the responsibilities of the executive in a modern criminal justice agency.  

Wallace is a graduate of East Hampton High School. He received his associate’s degree from Middlesex Community College and is attending Charter Oak College Majoring in Public Safety Administration. 

He was a member of the U.S. Navy from 1987-1991 and a decorated Gulf War Veteran. He was hired by the Middletown Police Department in October 1994, he has worked in Patrol, Investigative Services, and the Special Investigations Unit.  He was promoted to Sergeant in 2006 and to Lieutenant in 2008.

Wallace sits on many of the boards for various community groups in Middletown and volunteers his time as a mentor to a student in the Middletown schools.

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The program, presented by experienced academics and law enforcement practitioners between Oct. 8 and Nov. 14, discussed Executive Core Qualifications, concepts of reflective leadership, critical thinking and decision making, organizational and interpersonal communications, current trends in civil liability, budgeting, maneuvering in a political environment, managing the external dimensions of public safety decision making, research, policy, and practice, organizational culture and change management, as well as labor and management relations.

Graduates of the session represented police departments from throughout New England.

Roger Williams University is a leading independent, coeducational liberal arts university at which students live and learn to be global citizens. 

With 41 academic programs and an array of co-curricular activities on its Bristol, R.I., campus, RWU is committed to its mantra of learning to bridge the world. In the last decade, the University has achieved unprecedented academic and financial successes and continues to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 10 educational institutions in its class.