Liberty County Sheriff’s Office Lt. J.R. McQueen has earned the FBI-Law Enforcement Executive Development Association Trilogy Award, a national distinction recognizing law enforcement professionals who are committed to strengthening their leadership abilities in service to their agencies and communities.
The FBI-LEEDA Trilogy Award is presented to individuals who successfully complete the organization’s three-tiered leadership program: the Supervisor Leadership Institute, Command Leadership Institute and Executive Leadership Institute.
Together, the courses focus on ethical leadership, community engagement, organizational effectiveness, implicit bias awareness and emotional intelligence. Earning the recognition reflects a personal commitment to becoming a more principled, effective and forward-thinking law enforcement leader.
“Law enforcement executives carry a responsibility to the people they lead and the communities they serve—and the Trilogy series is built to sharpen that sense of responsibility,” said FBI-LEEDA Executive Director Jacques Battiste. “The skills built across these three courses will shape how Lieutenant J. R. McQueen leads, develops others, and shows up for their community going forward.”
McQueen began his law enforcement career as a dispatcher for the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office in November 2009.
In April 2012, he left the sheriff’s office to attend the University of Houston-Downtown Basic Police Officer Academy as a full-time student. He graduated in August 2012 and returned to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, where he worked as a dispatcher and reserve deputy.
McQueen transferred to the Patrol Division as a patrol deputy in March 2013. Four years later, he was promoted to investigator in the Criminal Investigation Division, where he worked on numerous criminal cases ranging from theft to capital murder.
In March 2026, McQueen was promoted to lieutenant over the Criminal Investigation Division.
“Completing the Trilogy was a profound professional milestone,” said Lieutenant J. R. McQueen. “This journey will drive me to actively mentor the next generation of leaders. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, ‘A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.’ I believe that everyone should strive to be better today than you were yesterday, be better tomorrow than you were today.”
McQueen said he learned how to shift his focus from day-to-day management to transformational leadership by using behavioral awareness to unite a multi-generational workforce.
“I would like to thank Sheriff Bobby Rader and the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office for giving me this opportunity,” he said.
FBI-LEEDA courses provide public safety leaders with the skills, tools and professional networks needed to serve their agencies and communities. Classes are taught by experienced law enforcement executives from across the country who bring real-world insight and expertise into the classroom.
With the achievement, McQueen joins more than 11,500 law enforcement professionals who have completed the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy series.
For more information about the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy program, visit www.fbileeda.org.
Bobby Raider continues to protect McQueen in the Sherry Novaside murder. Let the truth come out Bobby? Your golden boy doesn’t look so golden. His achievements are over shadowed by the cover up you’re orchestrating in the murder of Sherry Novaside. The tax payers and people of Liberty County will not forget Cherry Novaside. You work for us Bobby not McQueen. You can be voted out, Bobby. We the people demand transparency. Wayne is biting at your ass like a rabid dog and he’s not going to let this go. Your move Bobby?