Leadership Award Given to Roswell Police Officer

On top of serving one of the consistently top-rated communities in Georgia, the Roswell Police Department now has something else to be proud of as well. Lieutenant William Anastasio received the Franklin M. Kreml Leadership Award from the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety.

Established in 1984 by Kreml, the center’s founder, the award is given to “recognize and encourage the high ethical and professional values and dedication to public service upon which the Center for Public Safety was founded,” according to the center.

Anastasio was selected for the award by staff and classmates in the Center for Public Safety’s ten- week School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC), a demanding management program designed to provide police officers with high-quality training while accommodating their time and financial constraints. Through management and supervision, specialized instruction in technical subjects and presentation of current issues and new techniques in the field, the SPSC program prepares first – and second-level police management personnel for senior-level positions in their agencies.

This award will also provide the Roswell Police Department a tuition scholarship to the two week supervision of Police Personnel Course put on by the Center for Public Safety; allowing another member of the Roswell Police Department to benefit from continued education.

The Center for Public Safety, located on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus, was established in 1936 to expand the scope of university-level education and training in traffic safety. Since that time, NUCPS has broadened its original objective to include training in police operations and management and to address urgent issues in criminal justice and law enforcement. Representatives from federal, state and local police agencies, as well as members of foreign agencies, attend the center’s many and varied programs.

NUCPS also services the law enforcement community through its research programs, publications, and on-site technical assistance.