For Immediate Release
August 9, 2019
Wildwood, Fla. -- The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 40 first-line supervisors today from the Florida Leadership Academy, Class 45. These graduates, representing 24 criminal justice agencies throughout the state, serve in leadership roles within their agency.
The graduates met for four weeklong sessions at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office in Wildwood, Florida. They learned skills necessary to support the needs of their agencies and their communities as they prepare for future challenges.
The goal of the Florida Leadership Academy is to prepare first-line supervisors in criminal justice organizations to exemplify the character and integrity expected of criminal justice professionals and to examine the various components necessary to being an efficient leader.
The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute, which is housed within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and affiliated with the State University System, was established in 1990 by the Florida Legislature to address the need for an innovative and multi-faceted approach to the education and training of criminal justice professionals.
For Further Information Contact:
Gretl Plessinger, Jessica Cary or Jeremy Burns
FDLE Office of Public Information
(850) 410-7001
Florida Leadership Academy Class 45 Graduates:
- Scott A. Baker — Sarasota County Sheriff's Office
- Tracy Bontrager — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Jermaine Boone — Clay County Sheriff's Office
- Michael T. Castaing Jr. — St. Augustine Police Department
- Chad Cave — Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
- David Clark — Sumter County Sheriff's Office
- Cody Cochran — Volusia County Sheriff's Office
- Dustin T. Cosson — Walton County Sheriff's Office
- Clayton Crosby — Bay County Sheriff's Office
- Crystal Foley — Seminole County Sheriff's Office
- Gregory Gaver Jr. — Port Orange Police Department
- Dennis J. Hurst — Escambia County Corrections
- David Ireland — Edgewood Police Department
- Jeremiah Jones — Marion County Sheriff's Office
- Jonathan LaBelle — Citrus County Sheriff's Office
- Tashadra Lankford — Clearwater Police Department
- Logan Long — Clearwater Police Department
- Zachary Long — DeSoto County Sheriff's Office
- Matthew McLane — Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
- Cody Monroe — Orange Park Police Department
- Jeff Morgan — Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
- Richard E. Nelson — Marion County Sheriff's Office
- Marcus O'Sullivan — Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
- Tom Piaget — Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
- Ross Porter — Highlands County Sheriff's Office
- Deborah Reasoner — Clermont Police Department
- Jose Rivera — Boynton Beach Police Department
- Ivan Sam — Orange County Corrections Department
- Kevin J. Shea — Leon County Sheriff's Office
- Kevin Simmons — Alachua County Sheriff's Office
- Kaal Somppi — Sarasota County Sheriff's Office
- LaMarcus Stainton — Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
- James Streeter — Collier County Sheriff's Office
- Jason Strickland — Citrus County Sheriff's Office
- Christopher Thibodeau — Sumter County Sheriff's Office
- Eric Thoresen — Marion County Sheriff's Office
- Naomii Tye — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Thomas Van Trees — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Felipe Williams — Florida Department of Law Enforcement
- Neil J. Wilson — Sarasota County Sheriff's Office