COMMERCE CITY – Lt David Cubbage graduated from the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University. Cubbage successfully completed the 10-week Staff and Command program in Adams County from Sept. 8 to Jan. 16.
Cubbage also received the honor of being elected SPSC class president from the class of 27. This program, implemented by the Center for Public Safety in 1983, graduated more than 7,500 students both nationally and internationally.
The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction in a total of 22 core or mandatory blocks of instruction and utilizes nine additional optional blocks of instruction during each session. Major topics of study include: management and management theory, organizational behavior, human resources for law enforcement, budgeting, staffing allocation and personnel deployment.
The Commerce City Police Department anticipates a variety of benefits from Cubbage’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.
More than 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.