This Policy Brief presents key lessons from the implementation of the Place-Based Leadership Development (PBLD) programme at the Nationa Criminal Investigations Academy (NCIA), delivered by MIDRIFT HURINET between 2024 and 20251. The programme aimed to strengthen leadership capacity among law enforcement instructors by equipping them with the tools to foster ethical, reflective, and collaborative leadership practices Grounded in the Mindset Skillset Toolset – Systemic Challenge (MSTSC) Model, the PBLD programme explored critical leadership dimensions including personal and professional identity, emotional intelligence challenging systemic corruption, and poor management.

Summary Report-Place Based Leadership Development (PBLD) Delivered at the National Criminal Investigations Academy (NCIA)
The PBLD program is designed to help different sectors synergize in preventing violence and achieve safe and secure communities by working on individual leader’s mindsets to embrace different perspectives, thereby enabling leaders to form collaborations for social transformation within and across place and sector. The programme has focused joint work towards reducing ‘risk of violence’, reducing ‘at risk groups’ vulnerability by strengthening their agency for resilience and agency to fight violence before it occurs.