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Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight has announced that Maj. Kurt Hoffman, com- mander of the office's Administrative Division, graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy on the United States Marine Corps base in Quantico, VA. "The National Academy places a heavy emphasis on physical fitness, academic study and leadership development," a news release points out. Hoffman's class included 222 law enforcement executives from 46 states and 17 foreign countries, it adds. "Selection for the 10-week program is on an invitation-only basis," the release notes. While at the academy, Hoffman took two undergraduate and four graduate-level classes through the University of Virginia (UVA) maintaining a 4.0 GPA, the release continues. The four graduate courses earned Hoffman a Graduate Certificate in Leadership from UVA, it says. Hoffman has a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice from Saint Leo College, a Master of Science in criminal justice from International College and a Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, the release adds. A former state prosecutor, Hoffman is a gradu- ate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's Police Legal Advisors Training Program and a member of the Florida Bar's Labor and Employment Law, and City, County and Local Government Law sections, the release points out. In 2011 he completed the FBI's Florida Executive Development Seminar. MAJ. HOFFMAN GRADUATES FROM FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY Maj. Kurt Hoffman/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader June 20, 2014 Page 81