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Sarasota News Leader May 3, 2013 ing at the scene and using good judgment and their knowledge of the law to be leaders. That's the difference, I think, between micromanaging and mentoring. Page 17 on the mistakes I've made. I learned from those mistakes. "In our job it's very rare you can make huge mistakes because then you end up on the front page of the newspaper; you end up in a lawsuit; you end up doing things that are going to hurt people and the community. So you let people make mistakes, but you let them make mistakes on the small stuff. "Mentoring — you just guide them along the way and catch them before they go over the cliff. You let them go out there and make mistakes, and they are going to make mistakes. Mistakes are OK. I've learned more from the "When it comes to the big stuff, that's when mistakes I've made than any success I've ever you are there to mentor to make sure it doesn't had. And any successes I've had were based cause the city or the officers any problem." Mayor Suzanne Atwell (left) listens as City Manager Tom Barwin introduces Bernadette DiPino as the new police chief. Photo by Norman Schimmel