Commander Spencer L. Kronig
Graduates from Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety
West Chicago, Illinois: February 19, 2008
- The West Chicago Police Department is
pleased to announce the recent graduation of Commander Spencer L.
Kroning from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at
Northwestern University.
Commander Kroning has successfully
completed the ten (10) week Staff and Command program held in
Elmhurst, Illinois from September 10, 2007 - January 11, 2008. This
program, which was implemented by the Center for Public Safety in
1983, has graduated over 7500 students both nationally and
internationally. Commander Kroning was a student in SPSC Class 252
which accommodated a total of 34 students for the ten week
period.
The School of Police Staff and Command
provides upper-level college instruction in a total of twenty-two
core or mandatory blocks of instruction and utilizes nine additional
optional blocks of instruction during each session. The major topics
of study include: Management and Management Theory, Organizational
Behavior, Human Resources for Law Enforcement, Budgeting, Staffing
Allocation and Personnel Deployment.
Each student is academically challenged
through a total of eighteen written examinations, projects, and
quizzes, in addition to two research papers that are a required part
of the curriculum. Upon successful completion, students may be
awarded a total of 8 units of undergraduate credit from Northwestern
University in Evanston, Illinois.
The Center for Public Safety was
established at Northwestern University in 1936 with the specific
goal of expanding university-based education and training for the
Law Enforcement Community. Since its inception, the Center has
broadened its original objective and now provides a variety of
courses and programs in the areas of Police Training, Management
Training, and Executive Development.
The West Chicago Police Department
anticipates a variety of benefits from Commander Spencer L. Kroning
attending this program. Many of the program's graduates do go on to
achieve a variety of leadership positions within their respective
agencies. Currently, over 750 graduates hold the title of Chief of
Police and 39 of the 50 Directors of State Police Agencies are also
graduates of this program.
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