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Armstrong Atlantic's Center for Justice Administration Wins National AwardSavannah, GA - May 17, 2006 - The Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) Center for Justice Administration received an award for "Exemplary Local Training Program" at the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) national conference held earlier this month in Denver. Wynn Sullivan, who directs the program, was on hand to receive the award from Bill Mercer, principal deputy attorney general for the U.S. Fifteen awards were presented at the national conference. Out of 150 eligible PSN programs, only two were recognized for exemplary local training programs. In addition to Armstrong Atlantic, the Dallas Community Prosecution Team won an award in training. AASU is the training partner for the Southern District of Georgia's PSN Initiative, part of Project Ceasefire, which is aimed at reducing gun violence through more stringent enforcement of existing gun laws. The program and its director were nominated for the award by U.S. Attorney Lisa Godbey Wood and Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Heaps Ippolito, who coordinates the district's PSN. Armstrong Atlantic has trained 1,037 officers in a total of 14,024 student contact hours, in sessions contracted throughout the Southern District of Georgia. Training has included firearms identification, gun tracing, federal and state firearms statutes and seizure laws, characteristics of armed persons, crime scene and evidence management, strategic planning, presenting cases to federal prosecutors, and other firearms-related topics. Sullivan has been with AASU since 1989, starting as assistant director of the Law Enforcement Training Center. She holds a bachelor's in criminal justice from Armstrong Atlantic and a master's in public administration from Columbus State University. She is a certified law enforcement officer and her list of professional affiliations includes membership in the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers. You can read more about the awards handed out at the national conference at http://www.psn.gov/press/06May03.html or by viewing the PDF document of the US Department of Justice press release. |
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