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FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE TO SPEAK AT FIRST LEADERSHIP GRADUATION

JAMESTOWN -- Former Chief Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court Henry E. Frye Sr., who has accomplished several "firsts" in his career, will be keynote speaker for the first graduating class of the Piedmont Leadership Academy at GTCC on Thursday (Feb. 9).
The ceremony to recognize 20 graduates will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Koury Hospitality Careers Center on the Jamestown campus.

The program is modeled after the Western N.C. Law Enforcement Academy at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. The program at GTCC consisted of six sessions, with the first session being held last Sept. 12-16 and the last session running
Feb. 7-9.

The topical areas of the program are "self" and "self and organization," according to Sandra Neal, associate professor of criminal justice at GTCC. Before officers can lead others, they should have an in-depth examination of leadership issues and practices that are to be utilized in law enforcement, Neal explained.  This offers opportunity to relate "self" to the law enforcement agency's purpose and mission, she said.

Frye, an honors graduate of NC A&T State University and UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, became the first African-American to serve in the N.C. House of Representatives in the 20th Century. He was elected to that position in 1963 and later was elected to the N.C. Senate.

In 1983, Frye became the first African-American to serve on the N.C. Supreme Court.  He was appointed Chief Justice by Gov. Jim Hunt in 1999. He has practiced law in Greensboro for several years, and also was organizer and president of Greensboro National Bank.

Scheduled to graduate from the academy and the agency for which they work:
•    Alamance County Sheriff's Office -- Mike Hoover.
•    Asheboro Police Dept. - Todd Swaney.
•    Caswell County Sheriff's Office - Mike Adkins.
•    Eden Police Dept. - Greg Light and Clint Simpson.

Greensboro Police Dept. - Greg Gardner, Joel Cranford, Alan Ellis and Ernest Cuthbertson.

•    Guilford County Sheriff's Office - Randy Shepherd and Doug Burroughs.
•    N.C. State Highway Patrol - Ron Elkins, Scott Holland and Rich Allred.
•    Reidsville Police Dept. - Brian Oakley.
•    Rockingham County Sheriff's Office - Alan Farrar.
•    Winston-Salem Police Dept. - A.J. Santos, William Penn, Wynn Matthews and Allison Marion.    

There will be another law enforcement graduation at GTCC earlier that day, with 14 people graduating from the Detention Officer Certified Course.  That event will be at 1 p.m. in the Sears Applied Technologies Center auditorium, also on the Jamestown campus.

Sgt. Catherine Netter of Guilford County Sheriff's Office will be the featured speaker for the Detention Officers.  Officers must be sponsored by a Sheriff's Office before attending the Detention Officer Certification Course. Sponsoring agencies were Guilford and Rockingham Sheriff Offices.
Detention Officer program graduates:
•    From Asheboro - Martha Lewis.
•    From Browns Summit - Kevin Knight.
•    From Climax - Joshua Jones.
•    From Greensboro - David Friel, Nathan Kohl, Aaron Roberson and Brencent Royal.
•    From High Point - Mary Buchanan and William Lamb.
•    From Jamestown - Larry Lisenby.
•    From Liberty - Josiah Cook.
•    From Morganton - Ryan Cato.
•    From Reidsville - Joseph Kennon.
•    From Thomasville - LC Flowers.

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Contact: ROBurchette@gtcc.edu (Released 2/2/12)