Scott Mittelstadt is the owner and founder of Cultural Reconstruction, LLC a consulting firm which specializes in law enforcement studies and training. Scott retired from law enforcement after more than 28 years of service in both a municipality and county. Scott has 21 years in formal leadership positions and finished his career with five years as Chief Deputy of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office.
Scott spent over 22 years working for the Sheboygan Police Department from 1994-2017. During that time, he held various positions acquiring broad experience in most areas of policing. He supervised patrol, field training officers, K-9 officers, street crimes unit, school resource officers and detectives.
Scott has training and experience in community-oriented policing and problem-oriented policing. He has been involved in the development and implementation of a variety of successful problem-oriented policing projects. He also assisted in transitioning the agency to a neighborhood focused, community-oriented policing strategy.
Scott earned a master’s degree from UW-Oshkosh in Public Administration in 2013. He attended the Administrative Officers Course in 2012 at the Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky. He also graduated from the Executive Development Institute, Fox Valley Technical College in 2008.
For over 10 years Scott has been a certified instructor for Leadership in Police Organizations, a three-week behavioral science approach to leadership developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Scott has helped train hundreds of Wisconsin law enforcement professionals in leadership, including topics such as human bias, fair and impartial policing, police legitimacy, and procedural justice.
Scott continues to be involved in this training and others through his business, Cultural Reconstruction LLC. He recently became an instructor for the Southern Police Institute for Organizational Leadership and Problem Solving as well as Performance Management-Budget to Operations.
