About Michelle Palladini

Michelle Palladini is a Detective and School Resource Officer in Norfolk, MA and Founder of the L.E.A.P. Program. She is widely respected for her policing expertise and innovation, and commitment to the care and protection of children, and even more loved for her unrelenting positivism, and dedication to community. Her personal and professional stories of inspiration cultivate a re-dedication to policing as a public service rooted in compassion and greater understanding.A strong proponent of community policing and building villages to instill, nurture and foster a strong, fundamental support for children, her zeal for bettering the lives of others took on an amazing life of its own. She was inspired to develop the L.E.A.P. (Leadership, Empowerment, Awareness, Protection) Program in 2013, which offers a solution-focused method for connecting the police with the schools and parents as a pathway to children's success in four areas: happiness, health, safety and resilience.Michelle has become a leading voice in a most unique combination of community policing, educational leadership, and positive parenting. Her personal and professional stories of inspiration cultivate a re-dedication to policing as a public service rooted in compassion and greater understanding.