Author: NCDAC Communications Office
RALEIGH – Sixteen Department of Adult Correction officers and staff were awarded Advanced Criminal Justice Certificates by the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission during the board’s quarterly meeting on Nov. 21 at the Wake Technical Community College Public Safety Training Center.
The Commission created the Criminal Justice Professional Certificate Program to recognize criminal justice officers and professionals serving governmental agencies within the state, to foster interest in college education and professional criminal justice training programs, and to attract highly qualified people into a criminal justice career.
Under this program, dedicated officers and staff may receive statewide and nationwide recognition for education, professional training, and on-the-job experience.
The Commission also presented a special recognition award to NCDAC Senior Director of Workforce Management Stephanie Freeman (in above photo) for her longtime service. Freeman served on the Commission from August 2008 to July 2014 and from August 2017 to January 2025.
A photo album from the event can be found on the NCDAC Flickr page.
Here is the list of NCDAC advanced certificate recipients:
DIVISION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
Probation and Parole Officer Brianna Alston
Probation and Parole Officer Tyler Beamon
Chief Probation and Parole Officer April Dixon
Chief Probation and Parole Officer Michael Greene
Probation and Parole Officer Bryan De’Cota Hunt
Probation and Parole Officer II Eduardo Leardo IV
Chief Probation and Parole Officer Ronica McElveen
Probation and Parole Officer Brian Randolph
Probation and Parole Officer II Noah Williams
DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONS
Alexander Correctional Institution
Correctional Officer Richard Lee Wilson Jr.
Central Prison
Correctional Housing Unit Manager Alison Stephenson
Pender Correctional Institution
Correctional Training Instructor William Hutchison
Piedmont Correctional Institution
Correctional Lieutenant III Ty Michael Niday
Southern Correctional Institution
Correctional Housing Unit Manager II Jackie Little
Tyrrell Prison Work Farm
Correctional Sergeant Christopher Robert Gerth
OFFICE OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING (OSDT)
Instructor Thomas Bartolomeo