Tuesday, June 30, 2015 12:51 pm

From left, Commissioner Leo Lessard, Chief Deputy Robert Williams, Commissioner George Maglaras, Sheriff David Dubois and Commissioner Robert Watson. (Courtesy photo)

The Strafford County Sheriff's Office is proud to announce its first Deputy to attend the FBI-National Academy in Quantico, Va.

Chief Deputy Robert Williams attended the 260^th session of the FBI-NA and graduated on June 12 with a 4.0 GPA. It was an intense 10 week-live-in program that began April 6.

The FBI National Academy was created in 1935 and is a professional development course for U.S. and international law enforcement leaders. It serves to improve the administration of justice in police departments and agencies at home and abroad and to raise law enforcement standards, knowledge, and cooperation worldwide.

Its mission is to support, promote, and enhance the personal and professional development of law enforcement leaders by preparing them for complex, dynamic, and contemporary challenges through innovative techniques, facilitating excellence in education and research, and forging partnerships throughout the world.

Law enforcement leaders of state, local, county, tribal police, military, federal, and international law enforcement agencies attend the FBI National Academy. Participation is by invitation only, through a nomination process. Participants are drawn from every U.S. state and territory and from international partner nations.