{"id":11920,"date":"2020-12-03T21:11:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T21:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=11920"},"modified":"2020-12-08T19:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T19:41:27","slug":"whitley-sworn-in-as-ncc-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2020\/12\/whitley-sworn-in-as-ncc-police-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitley Sworn in as NCC Police Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11926 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_0596-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_0596-1.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_0596-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_0596-1-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_0596-1-1024x670.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Michael Whitley has been\u00a0sworn in\u00a0as a part-time reserve officer with Nash Community College\u2019s Police Department. Whitley recently retired with the rank of Captain from the Rocky Mount Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The NCC Police Department employs a chief, six full-time officers who also serve as instructors, and two\u00a0part-time officers. Each officer is sworn by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Training and Standards Division, and holds full arrest authority and jurisdiction on campus-owned and controlled property.<\/p>\n<p>At minimum, one deputy from Nash County Sheriff\u2019s Office is also on duty during operating hours. NCC Police Officers work varying schedules allowing extended coverage. They also provide support during special occasions on campus and are empowered to protect the campus while enforcing state and municipal laws, and College rules and regulations. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashcc.edu\/about\/general-information\/ncc-police-department\">here<\/a> or call\u00a0252-451-8313 for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured from left:\u00a0BLET Director, Tim Mehus; Michael Whitley; and Law Enforcement &amp; Criminal Justice Department Chair, Adam Gelo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Whitley has been\u00a0sworn in\u00a0as a part-time reserve officer with Nash Community College\u2019s Police Department. Whitley recently retired with the rank of Captain from the Rocky Mount Police Department. The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2020\/12\/whitley-sworn-in-as-ncc-police-officer\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11920"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11941,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920\/revisions\/11941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}