The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce their partnership with College of the Mainland. Through this alliance, the Sheriff’s Office will be providing a night-time Basic Peace Officer Academy. Student will be prepared for the state licensing exam by attending courses such as Penal Code, Traffic Enforcement, Use of Force, Cultural Diversity, Crisis Intervention
Liberty County Sheriff Bobby Rader congratulated and spoke to the fifth graduating class of Correctional Officers that Training Division Supervisor, Cpl. Ann Marie Mitchell has put through an informational crammed class over a required three week training academy class. These new Correctional Officers will assume their positions within the confines of the Liberty County Jail shortly with two of the graduates being veteran Correctional Officers with State Correctional facilities.
A few of the many subjects taught in the Academy class are CPR and First Aid, Mental Health Response, Ethics in Law Enforcement and Stress Management for Correctional Officers to name only a few. All Correctional Officers have the opportunity to advance from a Basic C.O. Certification up to a Master Jail Certification through further training and testing by way of the Texas Commission On Law Enforcement (TCOLE).
St Wilfrids High School, Blackburn. A HIGH SCHOOL finance officer used the school s credit card to fund away days with pals. Magistrates heard Ann Marie Mitchell splashed out £706 on train tickets and also bought a £1,000 MacBook Pro and an iPhone using the bank card. After suspicions were raised the head teacher at St Wilfrid s Academy compared Mitchell s Facebook activity with train transactions and realised they matched her weekends away rather than school trips. Mitchell, 48, pleaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud by abuse of position. She was made subject to a community order for 12 months with conditions she completes a thinking skills programme and 200 hours unpaid work.
St Wilfrids High School, Blackburn. A HIGH SCHOOL finance officer used the school s credit card to fund away days with the girls. Blackburn magistrates heard Ann Marie Mitchell splashed out £706 on train tickets and also bought a £1,000 MacBook Pro and an iPhone using the St Wilfrid s Academy, Blackburn, bank card. After suspicions were raised the head teacher compared Mitchell s Facebook activity with train transactions and realised they matched her weekends away rather than school trips. Mitchell, 48, of Hollin Street, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud by abuse of position. She was made subject to a community order for 12 months with conditions she completes a thinking skills programme and 200 hours unpaid work. She was ordered to pay £706 compensation to St Wilfrid s, £85 costs and £85 victim surcharge.