MALEEDS

The Mid-Atlantic Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (MALEEDS), is planning to run its training conference on the historic campus of Princeton University in Princeton, NJ from Sunday, June 8 through Friday, June 13, 2025. This unique educational opportunity is designed to provide leadership training for police chiefs and higher-ranking law enforcement executives who are in leadership positions in departments with 75 sworn police officers or fewer. This highly successful and selective program provides insight into some of the many challenges facing today’s police executives. 

The class is limited to 60 top executives to maximize interaction between the instructors and attendees during the training program. These 60 individuals selected to attend the conference will be drawn from applicants from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Philadelphia, Newark and New York divisions are proud to co-sponsor this energetic and sophisticated educational program along with our partners, retired police executives from the former Princeton Borough and Princeton Township Police Departments, and Princeton University Department of Public Safety.

The faculty for this year’s seminar, as in past years, includes instructors from the private sector and law enforcement community. The curriculum is scheduled to include the following topics:

Crisis Communications; Leadership; Terrorism; Marketing your Agency; Investigative Communication; Law Enforcement Officer Safety Awareness; Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement

Attendance at all planned classes and instructional programs is mandatory. Classes are held daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and several evening and after-hours programs are planned to enhance the training experience. The MALEEDS Executive Board will not certify attendees who do not complete all course requirements.  The registration fee for this seminar is $900.00, which does not include the cost of room and board for the week.

As the planned instructional day will extend into the evening hours, participants are highly encouraged to take advantage of the special hotel rates and accommodations that have been arranged at the historic Nassau Inn in downtown Princeton, NJ. The Nassau Inn is offering a special per night rate for MALEEDS participants of $159.00.

Application Process

There are two steps to the application process. First, the applicant must complete the 2025 MALEEDS online application by going to their website at www.maleeds.org or by clicking on the below button.

The temporary case sensitive password is MALEEDS2025. 

After submitting the online application, the applicant must also complete and mail the “Application Supplement” attached in the button below and mail it to our FBI representative, Betsy McCreery. 

Application deadline is March 1, 2025 @ 5:00PM. Please direct any specific questions you may have to our FBI representative, or your local representative as outlined in the supplement.

Betsy McCreery (Pennsylvania)

Training Coordinator

Federal Bureau of Investigation

600 Arch Street, 8th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19106

(267) 807-6487

Email: emccreery@fbi.gov

Submitting your application does not mean you have been accepted. Attendance at MALEEDS is highly selective. Due to the popularity of the program, they can only accept about sixty percent of those who apply. The MALEEDS Executive Board will meet in March 2025 to select the class. Each police executive selected to attend will be notified by email. If you have not been contacted by April 1, 2025, you have not been selected for this year’s seminar. We send out hundreds of invitations annually and cannot respond individually to every applicant. It should be noted that your selection to attend MALEEDS will not preclude your future attendance at the FBI National Academy or MALEEDS.

Your application to MALEEDS reflects a commitment to attend the program if selected. Failure to attend if selected for any reason will result in a $200 application fee.  

All visitors to Princeton University are expected to comply with current safety guidelines outlined in the University’s visitor policy. By submitting your application, you must attest that you will follow the current Princeton University rules for visitors. We will not know this requirement until closer to the start of the class.