Rant, You hit it the issues with the forementioned schools on the head: They teach management, not leadership. We have plenty of managers, we need a leader. You say, "All the police schools you referenced in your post are tried and tested by scholars and doctors in their professions. It is NOT necessary for one to have ever been a police officer to teach police management as it is NOT necessary for one to have ever been in the military (or act like the military type) to "lead" LMPD." You hit it