Building Professional Law Enforcement Agencies for Three Decades

30th Anniversary

LEMIT is celebrating three decades of service to the law enforcement community in Texas and beyond.

Thirty years ago, the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) was created by the state legislature to provide professional development opportunities to future law enforcement leaders in the Lone Star State.

LEMIT Launches Lone Star Leadership for Chiefs Nationwide

Lone Star Leadership

LEMIT is offering its premiere professional development program for Texas Police Chiefs to law enforcement leaders across the country.

The Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) is launching a new program, Lone Star Leadership, to offer its outstanding professional development series for police chiefs and command staff to agencies across the country.

Police Chiefs Tackle Resiliency in Leadership Series

Police Chiefs

The new cycle of the Texas Police Chief Leadership Series examines ways to build resiliency in your agency.

Police Chiefs from across Texas began the new two-year cycle of training, which includes sessions on recruiting and marketing, community policing, leadership skills, financial planning, and agency resiliency.

Creating a Lifelong Culture of Safety for Law Enforcement

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LEMIT is hosting a national symposium on the best practices to prevent line-of-duty deaths and injuries among law enforcement officers.

The Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) is proud to announce it will be hosting a national symposium on best practices to prevent line-of-duty law enforcement deaths.

LEMIT Offers Training on Investigating Campus Crimes

Campus Crimes

LEMIT offers training on Oct 2-3 on investigating sex crimes, domestic violence and cyberbullying on public school and college campuses.

With the academic year gearing up for schools and campuses across the state, the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas is offering a course on investigating violent crime in educational settings.

Study Helps Local Police Agencies Improve Investigations of Violent Crimes

Ballistics

A study by Dr. William King and colleagues led to changes in the way police process ballistic evidence in crime labs.

Results of a study of ballistics imaging by crime labs, first published in 2013, have already led to improvements in how labs and police agencies process and use information about violent gun crime.

Franklin Appointed "Voice for Victims" at Crime Victims' Institute

Crime Victims

Cortney Franklin will study victim issues and report to advocacy groups and the legislature as head of the Crime Victims' Institute.

Cortney Franklin was appointed Director of the Crime Victims’ Institute (CVI) at Sam Houston State University, a research center that studies the impact of crime on victims and society and makes policy recommendations to the Texas Legislature and advocacy groups.