The Sinclair Community College Police are getting reinforcements.
Sinclair’s Director of Public Safety Charles Gift has announced the hiring of four new officers, Bobby Stanaford, Philip Hubbard, Brittany Blackford and Steven Nonnenman.
Gift said their honesty, integrity and truthfulness stood out above all else and are the reason he chose to hire them.
“We hire a high caliber person to be a police officer at Sinclair,” Gift said. “They are excellent representatives of the college.”
He mentioned that Nonnenman and Stanaford are both U.S. Army Veterans and are more than qualified for the job.
Blackford has already been serving the college since mid-September, according to a Sinclair press release. She has assisted in the recovery of a stolen vehicle and apprehension of the suspect.
Hubbard will be a part-time officer, as he is a retired City of Dayton police officer of 35 years. He also served as a Sinclair student security guard from 1973-1975.
Gift has been chief of Police at Sinclair for nearly six years and said he has hired “probably 10 police officers,” during that time. He said he targets graduates from the Sinclair Police Academy because of the extensive education and training they receive.
Stanaford, Blackford and Nonnenman all graduated from the SPA in June 2012.
As part of their initial training, each officer will be accompanied by a field training officer for the first 13 weeks, as Gift described that as a “probationary period.”
Gift said that each of the new officers went through a rigorous hiring process that included several interviews by himself and Chief Diversity Officer Gwen Jones, a written test, background check, polygraph, physical, drug screen, stress test and a psychological evaluation.
Upon employment, all of these factors are included into Sinclair’s Police ranking list, which rates officers on their test results and interview results. The list is reviewed every year unless vetoed by Gift.
Recently, six officers have left the force, leaving room for new hires. He said he enjoys welcoming new officers to the Sinclair family.
“It’s a great opportunity to train new people in law enforcement,” Gift said.