[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/phillip-calvert-named-faulkner-universitys-new-chief-police\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/phillip-calvert-named-faulkner-universitys-new-chief-police\/","headline":"Phillip Calvert named Faulkner University's new Chief of Police","name":"Phillip Calvert named Faulkner University's new Chief of Police","description":"Phillip Calvert Faulkner University officially\u00a0welcomed\u00a0Phillip Calvert as the new Chief\u00a0of Police of Faulkner’s Campus Safety & Police Department on May 31, 2018 after he served as Faulkner’s\u00a0interim chief of police since March. He has been employed\u00a0at Faulkner since April 2012…","datePublished":"2018-05-31","dateModified":"2019-07-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/author\/rburylo\/#Person","name":"Rebecca Burylo","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/author\/rburylo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/37a0c97fbd1eda89e38697defcaf0573?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/37a0c97fbd1eda89e38697defcaf0573?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Faulkner University","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Official-Horizontal-480x128.png","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Official-Horizontal-480x128.png","width":480,"height":128}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Calvert_Phillip.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Calvert_Phillip.jpg","height":"360","width":"360"},"url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/phillip-calvert-named-faulkner-universitys-new-chief-police\/","about":["Adult Students","Alumni","Biblical Studies","Current Students","Graduate","News"],"wordCount":283,"articleBody":"Phillip CalvertFaulkner University officially\u00a0welcomed\u00a0Phillip Calvert as the new Chief\u00a0of Police of Faulkner’s Campus Safety & Police Department on May 31, 2018 after he served as Faulkner’s\u00a0interim chief of police since March.He has been employed\u00a0at Faulkner since April 2012 and was promoted to the BCJ Director and Assistant Professor of the Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department in November of that same year.Calvert is a retired captain and assistant director for the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s Law Enforcement Division, and has over\u00a032 years of law enforcement experience with the Hanceville, Alabama\u00a0Police\u00a0Department, Cullman County, Alabama Sheriff’s Department, Alabama ABC Enforcement, and Faulkner University\u00a0Police\u00a0Department.\u00a0\u00a0He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.“Chief Calvert\u00a0has done a phenomenal job providing sound leadership for this important area\u00a0and is highly regarded regionally for his leadership in law enforcement,” said\u00a0Dr. Jean-Noel Thompson, vice president for student services. “Our current staff has high trust and respect for Chief Calvert in his new role.”Calvert will no longer\u00a0direct the BCJ program, but he will continue to teach courses where appropriate while serving as Chief of Police full-time.Calvert\u00a0received an avionics technology diploma from Alabama Aviation and Technical College; a bachelor\u2019s degree in management of human resources from Faulkner University; a master\u2019s degree in management from Faulkner University; and completed additional graduate level work in criminal justice at Troy University Dothan, the University of Virginia and American Military University.He\u00a0worked in the aviation industry for several years before beginning a career in law enforcement.\u00a0He was born in New Mexico, but spent most of his youth in Cullman County, Alabama."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phillip Calvert named Faulkner University's new Chief of Police","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/phillip-calvert-named-faulkner-universitys-new-chief-police\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]