{"id":18240,"date":"2012-11-22T14:36:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T19:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=18240"},"modified":"2012-11-26T16:06:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T21:06:07","slug":"3-blacks-among-13-promoted-at-tampa-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=18240","title":{"rendered":"3 Blacks Among 13 Promoted At Tampa Police Dept"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>On Monday afternoon, the Tampa Police Department announced the promotions of employees. Three of the thirteen individuals promoted are African American.<\/p>\n

There were 56 candidates eligible for promotion, of which 9 were African American.<\/p>\n

The promotions go into effect on Sunday, November 25th<\/sup>. Chief Jane Castor<\/strong> promoted four Sergeants to the rank of Lieutenant.<\/p>\n

Lt. Calvin Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0is a 12-year veteran with the department. He has served as a supervisor in Districts One and Three. His career includes five years serving as a detective and two years as a patrol supervisor.<\/p>\n

As a Sergeant in District Three, Lt. Johnson<\/strong> dedicated his time to serving as a role model for at-risk kids in the area, attending public meetings, and creating positive working relationship with the residents.<\/p>\n

He graduated from the University of South Florida and has a B. A. degree in Criminology, and a M. A. degree in Public Administration. Lt. Johnson<\/strong> is the father of two children.<\/p>\n

Lt. Richard O\u2019Connor<\/strong> is a 24-year veteran with the department. He has worked with the U. S. Marshal\u2019s Service to establish the department\u2019s first Fugitive Apprehension Task Unit in 2009. To date, the task force has arrested more than 1,000 violent offenders, including 142 on homicide-related charges.<\/p>\n

Lt. O\u2019Connor<\/strong> is married and the father of four children.\u00a0 He earned his B. S. degree in Business Management from the University of South Florida.<\/p>\n

Lt. John Preyer<\/strong> is a 23-year veteran of the department. He has spent several years in Uniform District Two. Lt. Preyer<\/strong> has also served as a member of the Tactical Response Team and Honor Guard.<\/p>\n

He attended Wagner College and is married to police Sgt. Susan Bridges-Preyer, <\/strong>and they are the parents of 3 children.<\/p>\n

Lt. Kevin Schoolmeesters<\/strong> is a 16-year veteran, who was responsible for the Family Violence and Sex Crimes Unit. Lt. Schoolmeesters<\/strong> earned his B. S. Degree in Criminal Justice from Eastern Michigan University. He is married and the father of two daughters.<\/p>\n

Chief Castor<\/strong> promoted Lela Davis, Sean Davis, Les Richardson, <\/strong>and Sam Rojka<\/strong> to the position of Sergeant. Sean Davis<\/strong> and Les Richardson<\/strong> are African American.<\/p>\n

Matt Kamat, John Miller, Terry Sims, Matt Smith, <\/strong>and Jason Tkach <\/strong>will fill vacancies as Corporals or Detectives.<\/p>\n

Ms. Janelle McGregor,<\/strong> spokesperson for the Tampa Police Department said, \u201cThe department is starting a grassroots effort that includes mentoring and coaching so that we can increase the number of officers eligible for promotion in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pictured:\u00a0Lt. Calvin Johnson is shown with his son, C. J., and daughter, Layla<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iris B. Holton can be contacted at (813) 248-1921, or emailed at\u00a0 HYPERLINK “mailto:iholton@flsentinel.com” <\/em><\/strong>iholton@flsentinel.com<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

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On Monday afternoon, the Tampa Police Department announced the promotions of employees. Three of the thirteen individuals promoted are African American. There were 56 candidates eligible for promotion, of which 9 were African American. The promotions go into effect on Sunday, November 25th. Chief Jane Castor promoted four Sergeants to the rank of Lieutenant. Lt. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}