The Frankfort Police Department is pleased to announce the recent graduation of Captain Evan Hall from the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University. Captain Hall has successfully completed the Police Staff and Command program held in Evanston, Illinois from June 6 – November 6, 2022. Captain Hall was a student in class #526 which accommodated a total of 19 students for the twenty-two-week period.
The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction in a total of twenty-seven core blocks of instruction and additional optional blocks during each session. The major topics of study include: Leadership, Human Resources, Employee Relations, Organizational Behavior, Applied Statistics, Planning and Policy Development, Budgeting and Resource Allocation.
Each student is academically challenged through written examinations, projects, presentations and quizzes in addition to a staff study paper that are all required parts of the curriculum. Upon successful completion, students may be awarded a total of 6 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 area of Police Training, Management Training, and Executive Development.
The Frankfort Police Department anticipates a variety of benefits from Captain Hall’s attendance at this program. Many of the program’s graduates do go on to achieve a variety of leadership positions within their respective agencies. Captain Hall joins Chief Scott Shoemaker (2019 graduate) as the department’s second Police Staff and Command attendee in its’ history.