Effingham, IL -(Effingham Radio)- The Effingham County Sheriff‘s Office is pleased to announce the recent graduation of Sergeant Travis Buhnerkempe from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University. Sergeant Travis Buhnerkempe has successfully completed the (22) week Staff and Command program held in Evanston, Illinois from October 12, 2020 – March 28, 2021. This program, which was implemented by the Center for Public Safety in 1983, has graduated over 25,000 students both nationally and internationally. Sergeant Travis Buhnerkempe was a student in SPSC Class #491 which accommodated a total of 24 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 Effingham County Sheriff‘s Office anticipates a variety of benefits from Sergeant Travis Buhnerkempe‘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.
Sergeant Buhnerkempe began his career with the Effingham County Sheriff‘s Office on January 15, 2006 as a Patrol Deputy. He was promoted to Patrol Corporal on January 17, 2016 and Patrol Sergeant on October 6, 2019. He currently serves as a vital member of the Sheriff‘s Command staff.
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