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Larry Totten, Commissioner KY Department of Criminal Justice
Training John Bizzack, J.R. Brown, Past-President KSCPM.
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"Leadership is a Behavior, Not a Position"
Commissioner Bizzack Receives Leadership
Award
By Carolyn Schaefer, CPM
The Gene Childress Leadership Award was presented to Commissioner
John Bizzack at the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Managers
Election and Awards Luncheon at the Berry Hill Mansion in Frankfort.
The award recognizes outstanding leadership in government, excellence
as a role model, exceptional level of service to the public, and
performance above and beyond the call of duty.
Mr. Childress, the first Executive Director of the Governmental
Services Center, for whom the award was named, attended the ceremony.
During Mr. Childress’s tenure at GSC, he earned a reputation
for being supportive of his staff; he motivated them and gave them
opportunities to excel. He was a visionary and exemplified a desire
for excellence. In creating this award, it was decided that these
are the qualities that should be reflected in the recipients of
the Gene Childress Award.
The Gene Childress Award standards for excellence are evident
in the career of Commissioner John Bizzack. In presenting the award,
J.R. Brown, past-president of the Kentucky Society of Certified
Public Managers, introduced the Commissioner as a "life-long
public servant, educator, author, scholar, businessman, visionary,
and most of all a leader." The Commissioner’s support
of the CPM program and his employees is exemplified by the fact
that "twenty-one of the Department of Criminal Justice Training’s
employees are certified public managers and over fifty additional
employees are enrolled in the program."
Commissioner Bizzack has led his agency since July 1996. The organization
has grown from 60 employees to 190 employees. With this growth,
the complex has expanded from two buildings to seven. The Department
of Criminal Justice Training is the first training academy in the
nation to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law
Enforcement Agencies’ Public Safety Training Academy Accreditation
Program and is recognized as one of the top law enforcement training
agencies in the nation.
The Commissioner’s favorite statement is "leadership
is a behavior, not a position." He truly models that statement,
exemplifies the role of a leader, and is very deserving of the first
Gene Childress Leadership Award.
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