Crater Criminal Justice Training Academy
The Crater Criminal Justice Academy was established May 12, 1975 in accordance with Section 15.2-1747 of the Virginia Code.
The founding fathers firmly believed that high quality, cost effective law enforcement training must be available to Police and Sheriff's agencies regardless of personnel strength, agency size or jurisdictional resources.
To that end the representatives of the Original Nine Jurisdictions; Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Emporia, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, Dinwiddie and Greensville resolved to commit their respective jurisdictions to the creation and subsequent supervision of a Regional Law Enforcement Training Center.
The Academy has grown dramatically in size since its' inception. From the original twelve member Police and Sheriff's departments of 1975, we now serve forty separate and distinct law enforcement agencies.
Crater's Agencies reflect a wide variety of sizes and types of agencies. Included in our breakdown of agencies are: three Federal Agencies, eight State Agencies, three Colleges, two Military bases, and numerous Sheriff's Offices and Police Departments.
Agency Affiliation with the Academy is broken up into two categories, Member Agencies, and Contractual Agencies.
*** If the name of the Agency is underlined, click on the name to view the Agency web-site***
MEMBER AGENCIES
Prince George County Police Department
Chief Edward Frankenstein-Chairman, Academy Board of Directors
Petersburg City Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Vanessa R. Crawford - Vice Chairman, Academy Board of Directors
Amelia County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Ricky Walker
Sheriff Todd Wilson
Colonial Heights Police Department
Colonel Jeff Faries
Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Dusty
Division of Capitol Police
Colonel Kimberly S. Lettner
Ft. Pickett Police Department
Colonel Thomas W. Shook
Greensville County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff James Edwards
Hopewell City Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Greg Anderson
Hopewell City Police Department
Chief Steve Martin
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Police Department
Chief Garth L. Wheeler
New Kent County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff F.W Howard
Petersburg City Police Department
Chief John Dixon, III
Powhatan County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Greg Neal
Prince George County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Harold E. Allin
Richard Bland College Police Department
Colonel C. Scott Davis
Richmond International Airport Authority Police Department
Victor Williams, Director of Public Safety
Colonel Quentin Trice, Chief of Police
Riverside Regional Jail
Colonel Darnley Hodge, Superintendent
Southampton County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Vernie W. Francis, Jr.
Town of Boykins Police Department
Town of Courtland Police Department
Southside Regional Jail
Colonel Lance P. Forsythe, Superintendent
Surry County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Harold Brown
Sussex County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Raymond Bell
Town of Wakefield Police Department
Town of Waverly Police Department
Virginia State University Police Department
Colonel Michael Wallace
Defense Supply Center-Richmond Police Department
Mr. Bruce Butcher-Director of Public Safety
Colonel Troy Covington-Chief of Police
Hanover County Animal Control Department
Command Sergeant Kevin Kilgore-Chief
Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Police Department
Colonel Toney Hill
Southside Virginia Training Center Police Department
Director Jonathon Blair, Director of Public Safety
U.S. Park Service-Petersburg National Battlefield-Park Police
Colonel Kevin Taylor-Chief Ranger
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles-Law Enforcement Services
Mr. Don Boswell -Director of Investigative Services
Since 1975, Crater Academy has had participants not only from its Member and Contractual Agencies; but from hundreds of Agencies, throughout the Commonwealth and across the U.S. to see a listing of some of those agencies, <click here>
Mrs. June W. Jennings-Inspector General
CSX Railroad Police
Special Agent in Charge John Herrin