The Cumberland police chief’s work with the Worldwide Affiliation of Chiefs of Police ought to have a optimistic influence in town’s regulation enforcement and the group, he says.
“All the pieces I be taught after I’m on a board or committee, I deliver that again right here,” Chief Charles “Chip” Rumsey stated in an interview with The Forecaster. “If there’s a brand new program, if there’s a greatest follow, we are able to implement that fairly shortly.”
Police Chief Chip Rumsey will serve a three-year time period with the Worldwide Affiliation of Chiefs of Police. Contributed
Rumsey was appointed to the Police Skilled Requirements, Ethics and Picture Committee of the Worldwide Affiliation of Chiefs of Police earlier this month, and can serve a three-year time period. The IACP is the biggest skilled affiliation for police leaders worldwide.
Increasing his community to an affiliation just like the IACP will profit Cumberland, he stated.
“You get to satisfy lots of people that may help you within the work that you just’re doing,” Rumsey stated. “You learn how issues are being performed which might be related to your work all throughout the nation, and typically internationally.”
Rumsey stated the ethics committee’s focus dovetails with police coverage work being performed in Maine.
“We have now about 13 insurance policies right here in Maine which might be legislatively mandated for each police division to have,” he stated. “They’re about issues like police pursuits, protecting custody of individuals which might be mentally ailing – an entire host of matters.”
He stated he seems ahead to sharing Maine’s coverage work with different police departments, but additionally plans to be taught from different jurisdictions and produce these classes dwelling to boost efforts right here.
“I believe it’s nice not just for me and my profession, but additionally for the police division and the group,” Rumsey stated.
The IACP has already requested Rumsey to be concerned in different boards and committees, and City Supervisor Shane stated that’s not stunning.
“He’s the best particular person,” Shane stated. “He’s particular person, instructor and chief, and he’s on the stage in his profession the place the giving again piece is greater than what he’s going to be taking from the group.”
Shane says he has all the time inspired Rumsey to be concerned with different police chiefs as a lot as potential.
“I’ve all the time been a giant proponent of attempting to push my workers to push themselves just a little bit,” Shane stated. “The worldwide and nationwide ranges of organizations actually try this, particularly Worldwide Chiefs.”
Rumsey first acquired his begin in police work in Waterville, Maine, again in 1995. He labored his method by the ranks, first serving as a patrol officer, then a detective, then a sergeant, and at last deputy chief, a task he held for 9 years. Rumsey stored a detailed eye on chief job openings throughout the state and have become Cumberland’s police chief in 2016.
“I’ve loved each minute of it, even the robust instances,” Rumsey stated. “I benefit from the problem, so it’s been fairly rewarding.”
Serving on a committee with different regulation enforcement officers just isn’t a brand new gig for Rumsey. In 2017, he was appointed by then-Gov. Paul LePage to the Maine Felony Justice Academy Board of Trustees, and Gov. Janet Mills has since reappointed him to that board. 4 years in the past, Rumsey was elected by his friends to serve on the Govt Board of the Maine Chiefs of Police Affiliation, and later grew to become the president of the affiliation.
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