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 Since its revision, our Supervision of Police Personnel course has proven to be so effective and popular that nearly every on-campus course is full to capacity. Currently Supervision of Police Personnel is offered at Northwestern University five times per year for $1000 dollars per student. The cost of travel, housing, and food for one or several officers increases the cost substantially.  Now you can take advantage of the course and prepare officers for the tough job of leadership for a fraction of the cost by hosting the course on a contract basis.  By contracting with the Center, and filling seats with officers from local agencies you can train your officers for much less than sending them elsewhere.  Here's an example.  The cost of sending one officer from Kansas City to our on-campus course costs about $2,473 dollars considering the price of the course, travel, food, and housing expenses.  The cost of training 40 students off-campus, in Kansas City, on a contract basis would be $28,000.  That's only $700 dollars per student, rather than $2,473.  This represents a clear bargain for any agency's training budget. The Center for Public Safety provides for faculty and their expenses along with all the textbooks and training materials. You provide the facility and the students and we are in business!

Supervision of Police Personnel assists first-line supervisors in meeting contemporary challenges and making the transition from officer to supervisor in a variety of ways.  The officers study motivational principals, communication, ethics, professionalism, planning, decision-making, leadership, community image and much more. Successful completion of this course provides for 1 unit of credit under the Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies new quarter system (read more) (approximately 3 semester credit hours). These credits may be transferable or applicable to degree programs at colleges and universities in your area.

To discuss how to promote the course in your area and the first steps to take, please contact Roy Lucke at Northwestern University Center for Public Safety at 847/491-3469, or e-mail rlucke@northwestern.edu. He will be happy to advise and assist you.

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