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Keith Bushey

Keith Bushey

Keith Bushey

Keith Bushey retired from the Los Angeles Police Department as a commander, from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department as a deputy chief and from the United States Marine Corps Reserve as a colonel. Other law enforcement experience includes having served as a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff, a State of California deputy game warden and the marshal of San Bernardino County. He is an instructor emeritus for the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association and has lectured and written extensively in the areas of leadership, management and ethics. His entire eight-booklet Leadership Series is in the public domain and may be downloaded without cost from KeithBushey.com.

All courage is not physical

All courage is not physical

November 21, 2023

In my law enforcement and military careers, I have had the pleasure and honor to award decorations for bravery to numerous wonderful men and women who have risked their lives […] Read More

Sharing your perspective with your employees

Sharing your perspective with your employees

October 19, 2023

All executives occasionally have selected thoughts and perspectives they would like to share with the workforce but realistically lack an effective directive to do so. The institution of a non-official […] Read More

Leaders take note: A handwritten note goes a long way

Leaders take note: A handwritten note goes a long way

September 25, 2023

I think all of us are enormously grateful for computers, word processors, smartphones, iPads and all those other wonderful devices that make our lives so much less difficult (note that […] Read More

Duty restrictions: Today’s solution and tomorrow’s nightmare

Duty restrictions: Today’s solution and tomorrow’s nightmare

The overriding considerations must be the best interests of our communities, our agencies and our overall workforce

August 13, 2023

This article is a product of many mistakes that I and others have made with respect to the issue of permanent light-duty assignments. Based on my decades of service in […] Read More

Dealing with worry and anxiety

Dealing with worry and anxiety

Strengthening our emotional maturity

July 18, 2023

All of us have some very difficult and painful situations ahead of us, and those of us who have been around for a while have some scar tissue that came […] Read More

Public officials, listen up

Public officials, listen up

Your credibility depends on your consistency

June 20, 2023

Just about every public official, whether elected or appointed, is often in a position where he or she is called upon to make remarks to an audience. Although the primary […] Read More

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