Kearney Police Department, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
KEARNEY — The Kearney Police Department is pleased to announce the recent graduation of Sergeant Greg Benson from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC). Sergeant Benson has successfully completed the ten (10) week Staff and Command program hosted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol from September 9 – November 22, 2024.
This program, which was implemented by the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety in 1983, has graduated over 30,000 students both nationally and internationally.
Sergeant Benson was a student in SPSC Class #592 which accommodated a total of 22 students for the ten-week period in Jefferson City, MO.
SPSC 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.
“Sergeant Benson is the 19th member of KPD to attend and graduate from SPSC, continuing a long-standing tradition of leadership development and education at KPD. I am incredibly proud of his accomplishment and the professionalism displayed by Sergeant Benson while representing the Kearney Police Department. Special thanks to the Missouri State Highway Patrol for hosting.” – Chief Bryan D. Waugh
The Center for Public Safety was established at Northwestern University in 1936 with the specific goal of expanding university-based education and training for Law Enforcement.
The Kearney (NE) Police Department anticipates a variety of benefits from Sergeant Benson’s attendance at this program. Many of the program’s graduates go on to achieve a variety of leadership positions within their respective agencies.
Check out our web site at www.cityofkearney.org.
