Experienced Professionals Assume Instructor Posts
for Criminal Justice Classes at Reinhardt’s North Fulton Center
The new Criminal Justice program
at Reinhardt College’s North Fulton
Center, NFC, offers prospective students
a double advantage: a tested, quality
program offered for more than 20 years
and courses taught by skilled professionals
in law enforcement. The experience of the
instructors underscores the uniqueness of
a program that provides far more than
classroom theory.
The first two NFC classes being
offered on Saturday morning, CRJ
201 Introduction to Criminal Justice
and CRJ 202 Criminology for Law
Enforcement, feature two classroom
instructors with more than 70 years of
combined experience. The officers bring
a wealth of practical experience to the
table and a commitment to relate the
criminal justice environment to real
world issues and practices. The students
will have the opportunity to learn from
law enforcement veterans Gary George,
director of the Alpharetta Public Safety
Department, and Major David Bores, a
member of the senior command staff at
the Cherokee County Sheriff ’s Office.
Dedication & Enthusiasm
George brings a marked dedication
and enthusiasm to his classroom teaching:
“I love networking with and teaching
adult students who want to learn about
the wonderful profession of public safety
whether they are enrolled in the program
as a stepping stone to a law degree or
to obtain a career in this profession. In
addition, it is a method to keep myself
abreast of new laws, statutes and court
decisions.”
He was appointed Director of Public
Safety over fire, police and all emergency
services for the City of Alpharetta on
July 1, 2006, after serving the previous
five years as the Chief of Police. Prior
to this assignment, he worked at
the Independence, Missouri Police
Department for more than three decades
in a variety of assignments. He became
a police officer in March 1970 and was
promoted through the ranks, serving
New Criminal Justice
Instructors
Bring more than 70 years
of combined experience
into Reinhardt’s classrooms
Gary George
Director of the Alpharetta
Public Safety Department
Major David Bores
member of the
senior command staff
Cherokee County
Sheriff’s Office
as a detective, supervisor, commander
and eventually as the Assistant Chief of
Police. In 1997, he was named as Chief
of Police for the Independence Police
Department.
Director George chaired the police
executive board of the Eastern Jackson
County, MO Drug Task Force which
supported a county wide quarter cent
sales tax to fight the war on drugs. The
Director also served on the board of
the Western Missouri Regional Police
Academy, which formed a partnership
with the Metropolitan Community
College in constructing an $11 million
police academy in Missouri.
In addition to his bachelor’s degree in
Criminal Justice Administration and a
master’s degree in Public Affairs “Public
Management” from Park University in
Parkville, MO, George is also a graduate
of the FBI National Academy, FBI Law
Enforcement Executive Development
course, and Northwestern University’s
School of Police Staff and Command.
As an adjunct professor, he has taught
and authored many courses in ethics and
statutory and constitutional law.
Importance of Firsthand
Experience
Maj. Bores also underlines the
importance of firsthand experience
in his classroom teaching: “My
philosophy is to stimulate the learning
process for college students who
want to increase their knowledge and
understanding of our criminal justice
process and the way law enforcement
services are provided in a free society.”
As a major on the senior command staff,
supervising a 385 member agency, Bores
brings to the table a career that spans
more than 35 years in law enforcement.
Active in overseeing a full range of
law enforcement services to more than
200,000 residents, he was instrumental
in revising court security procedures
and emergency response measures at the
Cherokee Justice Center following the
Fulton County Court House shooting.
He also developed training exercises for
mid-level supervisors in the National
Incident Management System and
authored a terrorism prevention plan that
protects critical county infrastructure and
public safety facilities.
He also spearheaded public safety crisis
planning and supervised site surveys of
four county high schools and six middle
schools. He subsequently authored
interagency
contingency
response
procedures for county law enforcement,
fire services and EMS/EMA authorities
for active shooting situations.
Maj. Bores’ career includes 23 years of
service in the U.S. Army Military Police
and Criminal Investigations Division.
In addition to a bachelor’s degree in
Government from Norwich University,
he has a master of science degree
from Jacksonville State University in
Criminal Justice and a master of science
degree from Georgia College in Public
Administration. He is also a graduate
of the Southern Police Institute at the
University of Louisville, a certified ethics
instructor from the National Institute
of Ethics, and an adjunct professor at
Kennesaw State University.