From Dirt Road to Doctorate: Leadership Lessons from Chief Lance Arnold, Broken Arrow Police, OK

About this episode

Dr. Steve Morreale interviews Dr. Lance Arnold about his journey from a rural background to leading a progressive police department.

The CopDoc Podcast - Season 9 - Episode 168 What does it take to go from a dirt road in Northeast Texas to leading one of the most progressive police departments in the country? In this episode of The CopDoc Podcast, Dr. Steve Morreale sits down with Dr. Lance Arnold, Chief of Police in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Lance calls his journey "dirt road to doctorate," and that phrase captures something essential about who he is: a leader who never lost sight of where he came from, even as his thinking...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Steve Morreale

Guest: Dr. Lance Arnold

Topics covered

• leadership
• police department
• personal journey
• education
• community
• progressive policing

Keywords

• leadership lessons
• police leadership
• dirt road to doctorate
• Broken Arrow
• progressive police

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Broken Arrow Police

Places: Northeast Texas, Oklahoma

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