20080611 Westminster Police Department Lt. Misty Budzinski graduates from Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety

Westminster Police Department

36 Locust Street

Westminster, Maryland 21157

410-848-4646

Chief Jeff Spaulding

News Release

June 11, 2008

Lieutenant Misty Budzinski graduates from Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety.

The Westminster Police Department is pleased to announce the recent graduation of Lieutenant Misty Budzinski from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University. Lieutenant Misty Budzinski has successfully completed the ten (10) week Staff and Command program hosted by Maryland Highway Safety Office held in Sykesville, Maryland from February 18 – May 2, 2008. This program, which was implemented by the Center for Public Safety in 1983, has graduated over 8000 students both nationally and internationally. Lieutenant Misty Budzinski was a student in SPSC Class #263 which accommodated a total of 32 students for the ten week period.

The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction in a total of twenty-two core or mandatory blocks of instruction and utilizes nine additional optional blocks of instruction during each session. The major topics of study include: Management and Management Theory, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources for Law Enforcement, Budgeting, Staffing Allocation and Personnel Deployment.

Each student is academically challenged through a total of eighteen written examinations, projects, and quizzes in addition to two research papers that are a required part of the curriculum. Upon successful completion, students may be awarded a total of 8 units of undergraduate credit from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

The Center for Public Safety was established at Northwestern University in 1936 as the Traffic Institute, 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 Westminster Police Department anticipates a variety of benefits from Lieutenant Misty Budzinski’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. Currently, over 750 graduates hold the title of Chief of Police and 39 of the 50 Directors of State Police Agencies are also graduates of this program.

If you have any questions or need additional information please feel free to contact Chief Spaulding at (410) 848-4646.

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