Police captains take improv class to improve leadership skills

(23 Jun 2025)
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Washington – 8 May 2025
1. Various of the graduation ceremony

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Philadelphia – 28 April 2025
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Louis Higginson, Philadelphia Police Department:
“The training was offered through the University of Chicago, the Policing Leadership Academy. So, we saw, I saw on the schedule that it was being held by Second City Improvisational Group from Chicago…And knowing what they typically do, which is improvisation, I thought that that would be– they would have us up in the middle of the class doing those sorts of things…”

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Philadelphia – 28 April 2025
3. Higginson answering calls
4. Cutaway of a police badge
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Louis Higginson, Philadelphia Police Department:
“For me, it was pretty much the main focus was learning to listen more. Because a lot of times we go into situations and you feel like you’ve already have handled this type of situation so many times and that you already know what the outcome is going to be and what the person’s problem is and a lot of times we go into it with that mentality rather than actually hearing them out and realizing that every situation is different to each person that’s handling that situation at the time.”

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Philadelphia – 30 April 2025
6. Wide of Philadelphia skyline
7. Mid of graffiti on wall

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Philadelphia – 28 April 2025
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Louis Higginson, Philadelphia Police Department:
“Also, part of the Policing Leadership Academy, the end of the program, the requirement is that you’ll present a capstone project. For my project I decided to focus on reducing the incidents of property crime in the third district. In my short time here, I realized pretty quickly that while we don’t have the level of violence that a lot of the city has, we do have a higher level of property crime that we see.”

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Philadelphia – 30 April 2025
9. Wide of street in the 3rd district in Philadelphia
10. Mid of expressway
11. Mid of neighborhood

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Philadelphia – 28 April 2025
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Louis Higginson, Philadelphia Police Department:
“Looking at the different ways to address that mainly focusing on the problem places where these issues are occurring and the problem people meaning the prolific offenders. One of the other methods we use is every two weeks, I test my crime prevention team with identifying hotspots where we see the uptick in the theft from autos or the car thefts. And then going out to those areas with prevention flyers and placing them on vehicles, placing them in doors.”
13. Higginson walking on the street’
14. Various of parked cars
15. Various of a police officer placing flyers on a car
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Louis Higginson, Philadelphia Police Department:
“Coming into the role, you don’t know what you’re going to really face. And it is demanding. There are a lot of people wanting answers right away. And whether it’s your bosses or the public and politicians, things like that, you kind of deal with everybody. And they want answers. And the phone’s not off. It’s on at all times, so, challenging.”
17. Wide of Higginson with his team
18. Sunlight coming through tree

STORYLINE:
The University of Chicago Crime Lab’s Policing Leadership Academy tackles some serious topics like how to make data-driven decisions or how to help officers handle on-the-job trauma.

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