Crater Criminal Justice Training Academy

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Agencies 

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

         For more information on the Academy Board of Directors, and committees, click <here>


 

Amelia County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Ricky Walker

Charles City Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Javier Smith 

Colonial Heights Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Todd Wilson

Colonial Heights Police Department
Colonel Jeff Faries

Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Dusty Rhodes
            
Town of McKenney Police Department

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


CONTRACTUAL AGENCIES

 

Defense Supply Center-Richmond Police Department
Mr. Bruce Butcher-Director of Public Safety
Colonel Troy Covington-Chief of Police

Ft. Lee Provost Marshal's Office
Major Yvette Kanney-Provost Marshall
Major Joseph Metzger-Chief  

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 
 

Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice-Office of the Inspector General 
Mr. Vernon Harry-Inspector General

Virginia Department of Corrections-Office of the Inspector General
Mrs. June W. Jennings-Inspector General


CSX Railroad Police
Special Agent in Charge John Herrin
 


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>