Understanding Management
- Management principles
- Interpersonal and organizational communication
- Transformational leadership
- Managing organizational change
- Organizational behavior
Law Enforcement Management and its Environment
- Police ethics
- Police standards and professionalism
- Police traffic management and analysis
- Legal issues in traffic enforcement
- Information resources
- Criminal law and procedure update
- Managing criminal investigations
- Community oriented policing
- Managing media relations
- Police executive panel
- Current issues in law enforcement management
Human Resource Administration
- Selection and promotion
- Legal aspects of selection and promotion
- Performance appraisal
- Labor/management relations
- Civil liability
- Legal aspects of discipline
- Improving performance through training
- Managing the problem employee
- Managing discipline
Skills for Planning and Analysis
- Staff research
- Problem solving and decision analysis
- Project management
- Police resource allocation
- Police work scheduling
- Selection and use of computer systems
- Budget preparation and management
- Planning and policy development
- Staff research paper presentation
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The School of Police Staff and Command is a dynamic ten-week police management program designed for today's progressive police managers and their agencies.
STUDENT REQUIREMENTS
The SPSC is a university-based education program intended for mid- and upper-level supervisory personnel. It is expected that SPSC students will: 1) Have at least two years of supervisory experience, and
2) Be prepared to complete upper-division (i.e., junior and senior level) university course work.
Upper division university course work presumes that a student has the ability to:
- Write a research paper
- Perform arithmetic operations and understand elementary algebraic notation
- Read, comprehend, and retain assigned materials based on textbooks, professional journals, trade magazines, and other sources
- Schedule time to complete out-of-class reading and writing assignments
The SPSC is not appropriate for entry-level officers, deputies, or troopers. It is recommended that personnel who have recently been appointed to their first supervisory position attend Northwestern University Center for Public Safety’s Supervision of Police Personnel course rather than the SPSC.
To ensure that SPSC students have sufficient time to attend class and complete out-of-class assignments, students should be released from their normal job responsibilities. SPSC students are required to have access to the internet for grade retrieval and communication. Students will be provided with a laptop computer to aid in their successful completion of the course.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CREDITS
Successful completion of this course will provide 8 units of credit under the Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies new quarter system (read more>>) (approximately 21.36 semester credit hours). Northwestern is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. These credits may be transferable or applicable to degree programs at colleges and universities in your area. Check with the academic advisor at the school of your choice.
For more information about the School of Police Staff and Command, please contact Shelly Camden at 800-323-4011 or s-camden@northwestern.edu.
