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Top cop covets leaders who solve problems — not make widgets

Kristen Ziman’s zest for being a good leader, from rushing toward gunfire at a mass shooting to overcoming bouts of self-doubt, translates well to any field.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 5:00 p.m. November 3, 2022
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Aurora, Illinois Police Chief Kristen Ziman, who retired and moved to Naples last year, has written a book, “Reimaging Blue: Thoughts on Life, Leadership and a New Way Forward in Policing.” (Photo by Reagan Rule)
Aurora, Illinois Police Chief Kristen Ziman, who retired and moved to Naples last year, has written a book, “Reimaging Blue: Thoughts on Life, Leadership and a New Way Forward in Policing.” (Photo by Reagan Rule)
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The tears flowed like a gusher when Kristen Ziman least expected it. The longtime police officer and chief of a 310-officer department, Ziman was in her closet, taking off her uniform at the usual end of watch. That’s when she noticed a missed phone call from her son, Jacob. 

Then chief of the Aurora, Illinois Police Department, Ziman went to call back Jacob, a 21-year-old college student. But first she thought of another young man: Trevor Wehner. A Northern Illinois University student, Wehner died a week earlier, when a gunman killed five people at the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora. Five Aurora police officers were shot and wounded in the Feb. 15, 2019 shootout, before officers killed the perpetrator. 

 

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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.

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