{"id":55398,"date":"2023-11-14T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=55398"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:30:46","slug":"how-to-move-up-the-law-enforcement-ladder-with-a-criminal-justice-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/how-to-move-up-the-law-enforcement-ladder-with-a-criminal-justice-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"How to move up the law enforcement ladder with a criminal justice degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_55486\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1054\" data-attachment-id=\"55486\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/how-to-move-up-the-law-enforcement-ladder-with-a-criminal-justice-degree\/img_3588001-angela\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1054\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3588001 angela\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela-1024x843.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-55486 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela.jpg\" alt=\"Lt. Adam Emery, a UTC alum who oversees the homicide division at the Chattanooga Police Department, chats with UTC Criminal Justice Professor Sherah Basham about the University's online bachelor's degree program at a recent first-responder appreciation event. Photo by Charlie Reed.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela-800x658.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela-580x477.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_3588001-angela-610x502.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt. Adam Emery, a UTC alum who oversees the homicide division at the Chattanooga Police Department, chats with UTC Criminal Justice Professor Sherah Basham about the University&#8217;s online bachelor&#8217;s degree program at a recent first-responder appreciation event. Photo by Charlie Reed.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crime doesn\u2019t pay.<\/p>\n<p>But a criminal justice degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga can.<\/p>\n<p>Just ask Lt. Adam Emery with the Chattanooga Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Harrison, Tennessee, Emery received a criminal justice degree from UTC in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe end goal was to be an investigator, specifically homicide. At the time, I thought about going into federal law enforcement but realized, after talking to several federal agents, that it wasn\u2019t for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He worked his way up the ladder at CPD from a uniformed officer to investigator to supervisor and finally into administration, almost exclusively in the homicide division.<\/p>\n<p>Chattanooga police officers aren\u2019t required to have a college degree, \u201cbut it definitely helps when you\u2019re trying to get promoted,\u201d Emery said.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Taylor Walker hopes that\u2019s true. A UTC alum who also works in homicide, he recently applied for a lieutenant position.<\/p>\n<p>Walker graduated from UTC in 2005 with a criminal justice degree but didn\u2019t seek a promotion until now, instead focusing on investigations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you start promoting, you promote out of being to do certain things,\u201d said Walker.<\/p>\n<p>Like Emery, homicide investigations are his passion, but he finally hit a point where he was ready to rise in rank even though it meant spending less time in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Both men said the UTC criminal justice program set them up for success, including larger salaries and building a solid foundation for their life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely given me a better understanding of how policing impacts different communities, and I think UTC does a pretty good job of teaching criminal justice from a lot of different perspectives,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n<p>Emery agreed and said learning to write in college was perhaps the most important skill he acquired.<\/p>\n<p>From reports to search warrants to supplemental reports, writing plays a bigger role in police than might be depicted in the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother thing is that since we are so paperwork and documentation intensive, it helps having gone to college because you learn how to write papers, how to organize information, how to articulate your thoughts on paper so they can help successfully prosecute a case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we write becomes part of the official record and is read by judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, so you\u2019ve got to have it together. The defense attorneys are looking for that small mistake that could derail a case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emery and Walker have also worked closely with current criminal justice students at UTC over the years. CPD is just one of many local, state and national law enforcement agencies that UTC has partnered with to create a robust internship program for criminal justice students.<\/p>\n<h4>Learn More<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/social-cultural-and-justice-studies\/criminal-justice\">Criminal Justice at UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crime doesn\u2019t pay. But a criminal justice degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga can. Just ask Lt. Adam Emery with the Chattanooga Police Department. 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