(LITTLE ROCK ) - Twelve Arkansas State Troopers from each of the department’s Highway Patrol Division troops were honored this week by the Arkansas office of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. Each trooper received the prestigious Blue Knight Award recognizing them as the top DWI enforcement officer within their respective troop during the calendar year 2004.
Those receiving Blue Knight awards were:
- TFC Trenton Behnke, Troop A
- Trooper Clinton Calderon, Troop B
- Corporal Tony Austin, Troop C
- Corporal Richard West, Troop D
- Corporal Ray Siggers, Troop E
- TFC Jeff Hurst, Troop F
- TFC Jamie Gravier, Troop G
- Corporal Don Smith, Troop H
- Trooper David Small, Troop I
- TFC Shane Bewley, Troop J
- TFC Kevin Steed, Troop K
- TFC Larry Norman, Troop L
Cumulatively the State Police Blue Knight recipients are credited with 698 of the department’s total 5,398 DWI arrests during 2004.
Colonel Steve Dozier, Director of the Arkansas State Police, addressing the honorees, their troop commanders, MADD representatives, and state officials in attendance for the ceremonies expressed his gratitude to MADD for recognizing the work of the State Troopers in making the highways safer by removing the impaired drivers who endanger others by consuming drugs and alcohol before getting into the driver’s seat of their vehicles. |
(LITTLE ROCK ) - Arkansas State Police Director, Colonel Steve Dozier announced today the recent graduation of three department supervisors from Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC). Lieutenant Sedrick Reed, Assistant Commander of Troop A, Highway Patrol Division in Little Rock; Sergeant Steven A. Coppinger, Assistant Company Commander of Company D, Criminal Investigation Division in Springdale; and Sergeant Gabe L. Weaver, Post Sergeant of Troop L, Highway Patrol Division in Springdale were among the thirty-six law enforcement officers from 10 states to complete the 10-week course of studies at the Tennessee Department of Safety Training Center at Nashville, Tennessee.
“The training these supervisors have received equips them with both the knowledge and skills necessary to organize and plan enforcement efforts aimed at furthering our department’s goals and objectives,” said Colonel Dozier.
SPSC, a university-based education program launched by Northwestern University in 1983, is intended for police personnel with supervisory, staff or command responsibilities. Over 7000 officers have graduated from SPSC over the past twenty years.
The three Arkansas State Police graduates successfully passed 18 exams and received passing grades on two researched and written staff studies and earned 21 semester hours of undergraduate credit from Northwestern University. Fourteen other former or current Arkansas State Police supervisors have been trained by Northwestern University in its SPSC and its predecessor program, Police Administration Training Program.
Colonel Dozier also announced that Sgt. Coppinger was selected by his peers and by the staff of the Center for Public Safety to receive the Franklin M. Kreml Leadership Award. This award was established in perpetuity by Franklin M. Kreml, the Traffic Institute’s founder, to recognize and honor an SPSC student from each class who clearly demonstrates dedication, devotion, ethics, leadership and justice.
The SPSC curriculum, consisting of 350 police training hours, includes Introduction to Management, Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Ethics and the Police Manager, Police Standards and Professionalization, Effective Presentations and Meetings, Police Traffic Management and Analysis, Legal Issues in Traffic Enforcement and Criminal Investigations, Criminal Law and Procedure Update, Information Resources for Law Enforcement Managers, Managing Criminal Investigation Divisions, News Media Relations, Police Executive Panel, Current Topics in Law Enforcement Management, Selection and Promotion, Legal Aspects of Selection and Promotion, Performance Appraisals, Labor/Management Relations, Legal Aspects of Civil Liability, Legal Aspects of Discipline, Improving Performance Through Training, Managing the Problem Employee, Managing Discipline, Staff Research, Problem Solving and Decision Analysis, Project Management, Police Resource Analysis, Police Resource Deployment, Computers for Law Enforcement, Budget Preparation and Management, Planning and Policy Development and Staff Research Paper Presentations.
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