MEMBER AGENCIES

MEMBER AGENCIES

The Crater Criminal Justice Training Academy The Crater Criminal Justice Academy was established on 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 nearly fifty separate and distinct Federal, State, and Local 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.

MEMBER AGENCIES

Powhatan County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Bradford W. Nunnally
Chairman, Academy Board of Directors

Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice-Law Enforcement
Chief William Davenport
Vice-Chairman, Academy Board of Directors

Amelia County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Ricky Walker

Charles City Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Jayson T. Crawley

Colonial Heights Police Department
Chief William Anspach

Colonial Heights Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Todd Wilson

Defense Logistics Agency
Chief Mark Bowen

Dinwiddie County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff D. T. “Duck” Adams
Town of McKenney Police Department

Emporia Police Department
Colonel Troy Hawkins

Emporia Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Keith Prince

Franklin Police Department
Chief Robert Porti

Greensville County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff William T. Jarratt Jr.

City of Hopewell Police Department
Chief Greg Taylor

Hopewell City Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Travis Stanley

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Police Department
Chief John Ward

Meherrin River Regional Jail
Superintendent Crystal Willett

New Kent County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Lee S. Bailey

City of Petersburg Bureau of Police
Colonel Travis Christian, Chief of Police

Petersburg City Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Vanessa Reese Crawford

Prince George County Police Department
Chief Keith Early

Prince George County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Roger ‘Buck’ Vargo

Richard Bland College Police Department
Chief Thomas Travis

Richmond International Airport Authority Police Department
Chief Tanika Brown

Riverside Regional Jail
Colonel Jeffrey Dillman

Southampton County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Josh Wyche
Town of Boykins Police Department
Town of Courtland Police Department

Southside Regional Jail 
Colonel Anthony Johnson, Superintendent

Surry County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Carlos Turner

Sussex County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff E.L. Giles Sr.

Virginia Department of Corrections-Special Investigations Unit
Deputy Director Joseph Walters

Virginia Division of Capitol Police
Colonel John McKee

Virginia Lottery Law Enforcement
Chief Inspector Mark Trawitzki

Virginia Office of the Attorney General-Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Chief Jill Costen, Director

Virginia Office of the State Inspector General
Michael Westfall, State Inspector General

Virginia State University Police Department 
Chief David Bragg

Town of Wakefield Police Department

West Point Police Department
Chief Timothy Sawyer

CONTRACTUAL AGENCIES

CSX Railroad Police
Director John Walsh

Nelson County Animal Control

U.S.DEA-Norfolk Field Office

U.S. Marshals Fugitive Taskforce South East Recovery Unit

U.S. Probation and Parole

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles-Law Enforcement Services
Assistant Commissioner Joseph Hill, Director of Law Enforcement Services