Team Building: Issues and Solutions
As a first line supervisor, it is vital that you get your officers to work as a team to achieve your common goals. In this course, Captain Mark Candies will cover how to start building a team, how to create positive relationships with and between your officers, and how to maintain those relationships.
Course Length: 2 Hours
Meet your Instructor
Mark Candies
Expertise:
Capt. Mark Candies is a 36-year veteran of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office. His assignments included corrections officer, patrol officer, patrol supervisor, patrol watch commander, academy staff instructor, and Director of Training. He was an operator and instructor for the Special Response Team as well as commander of the Honor Guard. Capt. Candies graduated from Hahnville High School in 1981 and earned his Criminal Justice degree from Nicholls State University in 2001. He graduated from the 87 th Session of the L.S.U. Law Enforcement Basic Training Academy, and the 91 st Session of the L.S.U. Law Enforcement Institute. Capt. Candies holds numerous instructor certifications including defensive tactics, police batons, O.C./chemical agents, use of force, de-escalation techniques, active shooter response, TASER CEWS, and Police Driving. Capt. Candies is a Master Instructor for the Louisiana P.O.S.T. Council and is a Certified Force Analyst, having graduated from the Force Science Institute in 2019. Capt. Candies has been recognized by the American Society for Law Enforcement Trainers as a “Certified Law Enforcement Trainer”, and by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training as a “Nationally Certified Instructor”. In 2017 Capt. Candies was inducted into the Monadnock Police Training Council’s Instructor Hall of Fame. Capt. Candies has been certified as an expert witness on Police Training Tactics and Use of Force in U.S. District Court, and has provided expert opinions and reports regarding use of force, emergency vehicle operations, and policy, procedure, and protocol issues to various other triers of fact. Since his retirement from full-time law enforcement in August 2022, Capt. Candies created Candies Consulting, LLC., an independent law enforcement training consultant service, which provides expert witness services, course development and instruction, and consultation services to law enforcement agencies and legal professionals. Capt. Candies has four adult children, three grandchildren, and currently resides in Destrehan, Louisiana with his wife Lori.