Last week, Lt. Jess Irmiter graduated from Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety’s School of Police Staff and Command.

Along with 35 classmates from throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, Lt. Irmiter went to school full-time for 10 weeks and took classes on a number of topics, including budgeting, media relations, contemporary policing, critical incidents, employment law, officer wellness and resource allocation.

The School of Police Staff and Command was started 40 years ago at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. The program is now taught in classrooms around the world. Students who graduate from the course are better prepared to:

• Think globally rather than remain task-oriented
• Deliver services effectively and efficiently
• Successfully accomplish team-oriented projects and tasks
• Analyze the environment
• Mitigate legal exposure
• Develop systems of accountability

We are happy to have Lt. Irmiter back with us to share all he learned.

Pictured: Capt. Chris Wood, Lt. Jess Irmiter, Chief Matt Sackett