Personal Profile

     Wes has served with Halifax Community College as the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Technology & Training within the Division of Public Services Technology since 2005. The Department incorporates the two-year Associate Applied Science degree program in criminal justice and the sixteen-week Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program.

He retired from active duty law enforcement in 2004 after thirty-six years of professional service which included law enforcement positions at the municipal, county, and state levels as a beat officer, accident investigator, motorcycle officer, violent crimes investigator, undercover operative, and internal affairs investigator; during the seventeen years prior to his retirement he was the chief executive with four public safety agencies.

His academic credentials include a dual B.S. degree (Sociology & Social Welfare), a M.S. degree in the Administration of Justice & Public Safety, and a 1999 graduate of the 101^st. Session, Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville.  During his career he graduated from the Detroit Police Academy, the Northern Virginia Police Academy, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Academy. He has held state certifications as a police trainer in Virginia, Florida, and currently North Carolina.

Courses Instructed

CJC 100 - Basic Law Enforcement Training

CJC 111 - Introduction to Criminal Justice

CJC 141 - Corrections

CJC 121 - Law Enforcement Operations

CJC 212 - Ethics and Community Relations

Class and Office Schedule