For Immediate Release
August 29, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 31 criminal justice professionals from the Executive Leadership Seminar. The graduates, who represent criminal justice agencies from around the state, currently serve in high-level leadership positions.
The Executive Leadership Seminar is designed to provide continuing professional education for upper-level managers within Florida’s criminal justice community. The program focuses on quality leadership and preparing executives to lead and manage change effectively.
For three weeks, participants met in Tallahassee to engage in intensive coursework. Seminar topics included communicating through a crisis, critical thinking, proactive leadership, organizational leadership, emotional intelligence, servant leadership and strategies for overcoming adversity.
Established by the Florida Legislature in 1990, the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute operates within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and is affiliated with the State University System. The institute was created to offer innovative, multi-disciplinary education and training for criminal justice professionals.
FDLE congratulates the new graduates of the Executive Leadership Seminar – Class 12:
Captain Donteris Andrews -
FL Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Law Enforcement
Deputy Inspector General Debra Arrant -
FL Department of Corrections
Juanita M. Beason, Division Manager -
Orange County Corrections
Captain Jared Blessing -
Tavares Police Department
Major Vincent Boccio -
Tallahassee Police Department
Colonel Nikki Bosley -
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
Chief Craig Carroll -
Leon County Sheriff’s Office
Major Robby Creech -
FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Major Christopher De Giovanni -
Broward County Sheriff’s Office
Captain Jon Fahning -
Eustis Police Department
Captain Shawn Hankins -
Escambia County Corrections
Captain Shawn Hoobin -
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Captain Matthew L. Harrison -
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
Major Roman Jackson -
Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office
Major Philip Lakin -
Hernando County Sheriff’s Office
Captain Donald Law -
Opa-Locka Police Department
Major Scott Lee -
FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Major Jeff Mahoney -
Tallahassee Police Department
Commander Shantell Mitchell -
City of Miami Beach Police Department
Chief Scott Moreland -
Clay County Sheriff’s Office
Lieutenant Joel Oquendo -
Springfield Police Department
Caroline Payne, Bureau Chief of Operations -
Consolidated Dispatch Agency
Captain Jack Pitts -
Monticello Police Department
Major Shane Porter -
Tallahassee Police Department
Captain Donald Prichard -
Pembroke Park Police Department
Leslie Rabon, Executive Director -
Leon County Sheriff’s Office
Captain Michael Rader -
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
Commander Marcos Ramirez -
Altamonte Springs Police Department
Major Jamieson Ross -
Fort Walton Beach Police Department
Assistant Chief Edward Ryer -
Indian River Shores Public Safety Department
Lieutenant Jason Smith -
Springfield Police Department
For Further Information Contact:
FDLE Office of Public Information
Info@fdle.state.fl.us