Scott Sterland

Scott Sterland is a sworn law enforcement officer with 30 years’ experience in the criminal justice system. Scott began his career with the King County Sheriff’s Office in Seattle. He served as a deputy, sergeant and eventually the head of the training unit for 730 sworn deputies and administrative staff and a contract police chief. Scott then took a position as the chief of police in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. He was subsequently asked to run the police academy at Madison Area Technical College. After successfully completing that contract, he spent 15 months in Afghanistan as a contracted police advisor, ultimately writing curriculum for the Afghanistan National Police Academy. He then returned to the State of Washington and served as a police chief for the city of Kettle Falls. Scott is now an agent and instructor for the Montana Law Enforcement Academy in Helena. He has two master’s degrees — one in organizational management and the other in criminal justice.