Johnson County Community College
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College Information and Publications
913-469-8500
Julie Haas, Director, ext. 3120
Peggy Graham, Writer, ext. 3425
Tyler Cundith, Sports Information Director, ext. 3122

8/21/06
Story by Peggy Graham

JCCC Schedules Criminal Justice Day Sept. 20

    OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Johnson County Community College will host its annual Criminal Justice Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, with displays in the Commons Courtyard, Carlsen Center and Gym circle drive and a featured speaker, Ed Miller, chief on-air national correspondent of America’s Most Wanted, at noon in the Craig Community Auditorium in the General Education Building. All events are free and open to the public.
    Other presentations are:
• Residential Security: What Works and What Doesn’t by Officer Mike Betten, crime prevention officer, Overland Park Police Department, at 10 a.m. in 211 Carlsen Center
• Personal Safety by Officer Terry Kegin, Shawnee Police Department, at 11 a.m. in the Craig Community Room
    Displays include:
• Child safety and McGruff in Carlsen Center lobby
• Kansas Highway Patrol helicopter
• Canine squads
• Mobile Command Units
• Crime scene displays
• Fingerprinting
• Seatbelt demonstration
• Global Tracking Systems (GTS)
• Federal agencies
• Private security equipment
• Computer patrol car
• Armored personnel carriers -
including a military Abrams tank
like those being used in Iraq
     The purpose of the day is to inform the community about safety issues and
community resources and inform potential students about administration of justice career opportunities.
    Criminal Justice Day is sponsored by JCCC’s administration of justice program, which offers an associate’s degree that can lead to employment in law enforcement, corrections and investigations as well prepare students to earn a bachelor's degree in this field. Job titles in the administration of justice field include background investigator, body guard, border patrol agent, chief of police, corrections officer, crime lab technician, deputy marshall, deputy sheriff, detective, forensic scientists, highway patrol officer, juvenile officer, park ranger, security guard, special weapons and tactics officer, warden and many others.
    For more information about Criminal Justice Day or JCCC’s administration of justice program, contact Kay King, assistant professor, administration of justice,
913-469-8500, ext. 4704.