Kendall County detective sergeant graduates from Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office recently announced the graduation of Detective Sgt. Mitch Hattan from Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.

Hattan has successfully completed a 10-week leadership training program held from Jan. 8 through May 11 in Plainfield. This program, which was implemented by the Center for Public Safety in 1983, has graduated more than 14,000 students both nationally and internationally.

The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction in a total of 27 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, and Budgeting and Resource Allocation.

Each student is academically challenged through written examinations, projects, presentations and a staff study paper that are all required parts of the curriculum.

Hattan has worked in the operations division of the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office since 1998. He has served as a patrol deputy, a field training officer, a motors deputy, traffic deputy, detective, and most recently as a detective sergeant.

Sheriff Dwight Baird said, “This office is dedicated to providing deputies in leadership roles with training to help them succeed. Doing so enhances their personal abilities, increases the effectiveness of the sheriff’s office, and the service we’re able to provide to the community.”