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Mr. Brent Satterfield holds a
Masters of Public Administration degree from
Jacksonville State University. He received his Bachelors
degree in Law Enforcement in 1987 also from Jacksonville
State. Mr. Satterfield began his law enforcement career
in 1985 working as a student dispatcher at the
University. Later he made officer and attended the 77th
session of the Northeast Alabama Police Academy. He
later moved up the ranks within the department to become
Sergeant serving as third in command. He supervised the
evening shift which was comprised of sworn law
enforcement officers and resident life security
officers. He was directly responsible for 20 to 25
personnel.
In 1992, Mr. Satterfield moved back home, Dekalb County,
Alabama, and took the job as Police Officer at Fort
Payne Police Department. He worked there less than a
year before accepting the Director of Public Safety
position at Snead State Community College located in
Boaz, AL. Mr. Satterfield continues to work as a
part-time officer at Fort Payne Police Department.
Mr. Satterfield began his teaching career in 1990 at
Jacksonville State University. He taught Introduction to
Criminal Justice and Introduction to Law Enforcement as
an adjunct instructor while still serving as Police
Sergeant at the Police Department.
One of Mr. Satterfield’s duties at Snead State was to
also teach and oversee the Criminal Justice courses
there. He taught a wide variety of subjects to include
all the introduction classes and advanced classes such
as Criminalistics, Criminology, Criminal Evidence,
Juvenile Justice, Police Supervision and Security.
Mr. Satterfield was at Snead College for ten years until
he decided to expand his home farm operation and become
self-employed. Being self-employed, Mr. Satterfield was
given the opportunity to offer Criminal Justice classes
during the day at Northeast Alabama Community College.
Since beginning the day program at Northeast in 2004
there has been a three-fold increase in declared majors
in Criminal Justice at the college. In the fall of 2005
Mr. Satterfield began teaching on-line courses for
Northeast College and those classes have increased in
number each year as well.
In the Fall 2006, Northeast Community College began
offering In-service training for local law enforcement
officers. These courses give officers needing Continued
Education Units (CEUs) a low cost, local option to
getting their state mandated training. It is hoped that
these type classes will continue to be offered on a
regular basis.
Mr. Satterfield is expecting even greater things to come
in the future at Northeast College. This year, 2008, Mr.
Satterfield was employed full-time by Northeast as the
Criminal Justice Instructor and Advisor. Look for
a NEW two-year Criminal Justice program to come soon!
Also in 2008, four more classes in Criminal Justice have
been approved and will begin being taught Spring
Semester. This gives Northeast eight CRJ
class offerings.
“I am very excited about the future of law enforcement
in this area. I look forward to meeting anyone
interested in either entering this field or those
wanting to advice in the law enforcement occupation.
Please feel free to contact me if I can be of assistance
to you with your degree and College choices.”
 
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