Command College mission

To train executives to influence and manage the future, to be prepared to analyze current issues, forecast the impact and effect of these issues, study probabilities of the future, thus having the ability to influence the future of law enforcement.

Academic orientation

The Command College, in association with Columbus State University, provides a program of study that goes beyond what is currently available in law enforcement executive and management development courses, serving as a "graduate school" for law enforcement executives. To meet present and future training and educational needs of law enforcement executives, the Command College offers a study program that is distinctive, flexible and comprehensive.

Program design

The Command College brings together leaders in corporate and public management to provide police executives with intense training in the best available management theory and practice, to render innovative solutions to organizational problems and to address important issues in managing public service organizations effectively.

Students enrolled in Command College attend three intensive sessions of classes over a two-year period, completing 280 hours of classes divided into 40-hour modules on seven topics:

• Effective Leadership
• Human Resource Management and Development
• Fiscal Management and Public Finance
• Legal Issues and Trends in Administration
• Strategic Planning and Policy Development in the 21st Century
• Dealing with Organizational and Management Realities
• Independent Research Project

Application and appointment procedures

Applicants must currently be in a full-time middle- or upper-management position in a public criminal justice agency, with significant responsibilities in the areas of management of personnel, interpretation of policies or supervision of other crucial agency functions.

To apply, please submit the following:

• Completed enrollment application.
• Résumé outlining in detail both educational training and professional experience.
• Nomination from the head of the employing law enforcement agency. (An agency head who applies should be nominated by the person they report to in the chain of command.)
• Proof of successful completion of 90 quarter hours (or 60 semester hours) from an accredited college or university.

Appointment

If the applicant has a bachelor's degree, he or she will enroll in the Master of Public Administration-Justice Administration degree program. If the applicant does not have a bachelor's degree, he or she will enroll in an undergraduate degree program at CSU.