Executive Leadership Award 2024 Recipients
NUCPS Director Shelly Camden presented the NUCPS Executive Leadership Award to 18 dedicated law enforcement professionals at the December 13, 2024, SPSC Class #585 graduation in Burr Ridge, IL. To qualify, candidates must have completed all three of our key Management & Leadership courses: Supervision of Police Personnel, School of Police Staff & Command, and the Executive Leadership Program. Learn more about this prestigous award.
This year's recipients are:
- Russell Allen, Rogers (AR) Police Department
- Derrick Blasingame, Olympia Fields (IL) Police Department
- Mark P. Cagle, Flossmoor (IL) Police Department
- Michael J. Cheatham, Ottawa (IL) Police Department
- Gary C. Contreras, Cook County (IL) Sheriff's Police Department
- Ryan M. Coutre, Crystal Lake (IL) Police Department
- James D. Davis, Cook County (IL) Sheriff's Police Department
- Michael W. Fellows, Berwyn (IL) Police Department
- Joseph R. Grage, Lombard (IL) Police Department
- Larry Hampton, Jr., University City (MO) Police Department
- Aaron V. Lack, Champaign (IL) Police Department
- LaTeisha A. Mosquera, Richmond County (GA) Sheriff's Office
- Benny Ranallo, Lombard (IL) Police Department
- Melissa G Sacluti, Evanston (IL) Police Department
- Ryan Snedecor, Hobart (IN) Police Department
- Keith A. Sullivan, Tinley Park (IL) Police Department
- Anthony R. Terranova, Glen Ellyn (IL) Police Department
- Richard Velasquez, Cook County (IL) Sheriff's Police Department
In October 2022, Evanston native Schenita Stewart was sworn in as the first female Chief of Police for Evanston (IL) Police Department. Among the attendees in the packed hall that evening were supporters from the Evanston community and her family, including her identical twin sister, Commander of Investigations Schonella Stewart of the Oak Park (IL) Police Department. The Stewarts are the only identical twin sisters to graduate from SPSC. Chief Stewart is a member of SPSC Class #387; Commander Stewart, SPSC Class #561.
April 2, 2024 - One of two NUCPS community members to graduate from SPSC and earn NUCPS Crash Investigation & Reconstruction's Fricke Cooper Achievement Award, Sgt. Angela Smith of the Wheaton (IL) Police Department discusses her NUCPS crash background, augmenting her interest in mentoring and leadership with lessons learned in SPSC #531, the current challenges of recruiting, and some of the positive changes in law enforcement culture that she has experienced in her 25-year career.
April 1, 2024 - Sgt. Alexandra Kitty Nelson is one of two NUCPS community members to graduate from SPSC and earn NUCPS Crash Investigation & Reconstruction's Fricke Cooper Achievement Award.