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Dwight "Porkchop" Brown
June 24th, 2010
CORNING — Dwight “Porkchop” Brown, 43, passed
away Thursday, June 24, 2010.
He was born March 23, 1967, at Pocahontas.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jerry C. Brown.
Survivors include his mother, Jane Brown of Pocahontas; two sisters, Janet Brown
of Orlando, Fla., and Carla Pratt of Pocahontas; niece, Bailey Brown; and
several cousins.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in McNabb Funeral Home Chapel
with Anthony Dowdy officiating. Burial will follow in Chesser Cemetery.
In addition to being an SRO, Porkchop was also the D.A.R.E. Association
president. He attended the Arkansas Safe Schools Conference earlier this month.
We will miss him.
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About Us
The Arkansas Safe Schools Association is a statewide, non-profit organization consisting of School Resource Officers, School Safety Personnel, School Administrators and others dedicated protecting our children and helping our schools maintain a safe and orderly climate, thereby creating a positive learning environment.ASSA Board:
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Officer Jon Schwulst - President: North Little
Rock Police Department Officer Schwulst has been on the Arkansas Safe Schools Association Board for the past 4 years and is now the current President. Officer Schwulst has been working for the North Little Rock Police Department for the last 10 years. During his time with the department Officer Schwulst has been assigned as the School Resource Officer for 6 of those years. Office Schwulst started working with the 6th grade school and is now currently assigned to two 7-8th grade schools. He is also a member of the North Little Rock Police Department Crisis Negotiation Team. |
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Daphne Gallot-Knighten - Vice President:
Assistant Principal Lakewood Middle School
Daphne is currently an assistant principal in the North Little Rock School District at Lakewood Middle School. She has been in education for the past 20 years. She was in the classroom for 10 years in the stats of Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Arkansas prior to administration. This year will begin her 12th year in administration. Ms. Knighton received a BFA at Louisiana Tech university and a MAT in Science and Math at Grambling State University. |
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Cpl. Scott Megason - Secretary/Treasurer:
Texarkana Police Department Scott has been employed with the Texarkana Police Department as a Certified Law Enforcement officer for over 18 years. He is assigned as the School Resource Officer at Arkansas High School. As the SRO, Scott has implemented the Smart Choices, Better Chances law education curriculum and has also implemented Teen Driving Safety programs. When Scott is not serving as the School SRO he is an instructor teaching the Criminal Justice Curriculum at the Texas Area Vocational Center. Scott is happily married with three adult children and four grandchildren. Scott enjoys staying active in his Masonic Lodge, riding his motorcycle and traveling to the Caribbean with his wife Sharon. |
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Sgt. Richard Davies - Past President:
Richard Davies recently retired from full time law enforcement with
the Pine Bluff (AR) Police Department, Richard Davies specialized in
awareness, intervention, prevention programs involving juvenile
crime, gangs, drugs and other law related education programs. He was
also involved in the Police Exploring Program, supervised the
Neighborhood Watch Program, coordinator of the bi-annual (8-week)
Citizen's Police Academy and the
yearly National Night Out event.
A graduate of Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and
Command, and with over 3,200 hours of training, Richard holds a
Senior Certificate (law enforcement highest certificate level). He
was a nationally recognized School Resource Officer before being
promoted to Sergeant and Supervisor of the cities Law Related
Education and Community/Public Relations Programs. He also served on
the Crisis Negotiation Team, Public Information Officer, and as
President of the Arkansas Safe Schools Association.
Richard, a certified law enforcement instructor, continues to train
officers, teachers and school administrators all over the country to
better prepare them to be more effective working with the School
Resource Officer programs in the public school system.
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ASSA At Large Members/Conference Planning:
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Ms. Chris Foley - Director of Special Services
Russellville School District Bio Coming Soon |
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Eric Huber - Supervisor of Safety & Security
Fort Smith Public Schools Eric Huber is employed with the Fort Smith Public Schools as the Supervisor of Safety and Security. He has been with the Fort Smith School District for 6 years. He currently oversees the Safety and Security of 19 Elementary schools 4 Junior High Schools 2 High Schools and 2 Alternative Schools and 1 Adult Education Center. Eric serves a school district size of over 14,000 students and works with the districts school safety committees. Eric plans with the District and school crisis teams and participates in ongoing crisis management planning and training. These program elements allow students and staff to share the responsibility as guardians of safety in their schools. Prior to working with the Fort Smith Public Schools Eric was a Sergeant with the Barling Police Department for 10 years. Eric is also a part-time II officer with the Logan County Sheriff's Department and has been a Police Officer for over 16 years. Eric is a graduate of Paris High School and is also a graduate of the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy Class 95B. Eric has been married for 16 years and has two sons. |
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Officer Phil Blaylock - SRO Morrilton Police
Department Bio Coming Soon |
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Officer Russ Manning - Jonesboro Police
Department Bio Coming Soon |
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Ms. Otistene Smith - Federal Programs Liaison
Division of Learning Services - School Improvement Arkansas
Department of Education Mrs. Otistene Smith plays an integral role within the Division of Learning
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Cpt. James Virden - SRO Lincoln County Sheriffs
Department James Virden has been in law enforcement for 14 years and has served 8 years being involved in school based law enforcement. He started as an SRO at Watson Chapel School District and was assigned to the Junior High School in Pine Bluff. James left the Pine Bluff Police Department and went to the Lincoln County Sheriff Department and was assigned to implement the SRO program for the Star City School District. He is a G.R.E.A.T. instructor and also teaches the Netsmartz curriculum through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. He is involved with the middle school and helps teach a CSI course for the 7th grade students. He collaborated with the EAST lab at the high school and assisted with the filming for the Choices video. This video was filmed by the Arkansas State Police and distributed throughout the state dealing with the topic of Underage Drinking. James also assists with coaching track and field for the JR High and High School at Star City School District |
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Dwayne Yarbrough - Senior Law Instructor
Arkansas Attorney Generals Office Community Relations Division Dwayne Yarbrough is employed as the Sr. Law Education Instructor for the Arkansas Office of the Attorney General--Dustin McDaniel. He has been with the Attorney General’s Office for nearly 16 years. He helped to develop, presents and provides training for the youth oriented prevention and education program, Smart Choices, Better Chances. It is a law education program designed to help youth, youth leaders, law enforcement officials, educators and parents statewide have a better understanding of Arkansas’ criminal justice system with an emphasis on juvenile crime. As a program lecturer he has spoken at numerous violence prevention, gang awareness and drug education conferences in and out of state. He also has given motivational lectures to a variety of groups and associations including but not limited to civic, religious, working, and youth oriented entities. He has served on numerous committees serving youth improvement and prevention concepts. Dwayne is also a part-time II police officer with the Jacksonville Police Department. Dwayne was raised in Little Rock and attended Little Rock public schools. He is a proud graduate of Little Rock Central High School and he completed his undergraduate education at Arkansas Tech University earning a B.A. in Communications/Journalism. He is the father of two, a son (Brandon) and a daughter (Brianna). He currently resides in Jacksonville, AR |
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Cpl. Jason Watson - SRO Arkadelphia Police
Department
Bio Coming Soon |
CJI Staff Support:
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Larance Johnson - Safe Schools Initiative Coordinator
Bio Coming Soon |
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Tim Seay - SRO Deputy Coordinator -Criminal Justice
Institute
Tim Seay has over ten
years of experience as a law enforcement officer with the Searcy
Police Department, which includes working as a school resource
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