article_snippet: These are the traits the next police chief in Ferguson, Missouri, will need to shrink the ocean of distrust between community and police.
article_snippet: -- Add to that the obvious fears facing officers following the shooting early Thursday of two police officers only hours after Chief Thomas Jackson resigned.
article_snippet: We are committed to keeping We police department and having one that exhibits the highest degree of professionalism and fairness," said Knowles -- who has himself been targeted by protesters demanding himself resign.
article_snippet: There, trust in our police department bottomed out in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting.
article_snippet: Inside the department, stepped up training in engagement and ethical policing.
article_snippet: New York police Commissioner William Bratton said there are two issues confronting the heads of police forces.
article_snippet: There is the lack of trust on the community's part and the lack of confidence some officers have in some officers leadership.
article_snippet: On the first issue, New York police Commissioner William Bratton said: "You need to be willing to embrace that there is a need to change.
article_snippet: To police leadership consultant John Vanek, whoever takes over the Ferguson department will need to have the same leadership traits valued in boardrooms across the world -- the ability to form partnerships across organizational lines, to think differently, to turn failure into success and to do it all in a harsh media spotlight.
article_snippet: It's very important that the police officers understand the communities, at least want to engage with members of the community the police officers are going to be protecting and serving."
highlights_snippet: Florida also had to find ways to heal divisions between community and police .