Social Sciences - Criminal Justice

Professor Christopher D. Linne - Sociology & Criminal Justice

Doctoral Student, A.B.D., Drew University
M.A., Centenary College
C.P.M., New Jersey Department of Personnel/Rutgers University
B.A., Centenary College
A.S., County College of Morris

Christopher D. Linne is an Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice and Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Studies program. He is a retired captain with 25 years of law enforcement service; 18 with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office; and 7 years with the Washington Township (Morris County) Police Department. His career in law enforcement included service with the Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit where he served as a case detective and unit supervisor. He was active with and committed to the Multi-disciplinary Team approach to sex crimes investigations. He was instrumental in the establishment of a child advocacy center for victims of sexual assault in Morris County. He also supervised numerous investigative units, held administrative responsibilities, and served as the public information officer. He was a certified police training instructor at the Morris County Fire Fighters and Police Training Academy and served as the agency representative to the Morris County Human Relations Commission.

Professor Linne is the faculty advisor for the Sociology and Criminal Justice Club. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Center for Evaluation and Counseling (a non-profit mental health agency in Newton, New Jersey) and a member of the Diocesan Review Board for the Diocese of Paterson.

Professor Jeffrey Carter - Criminal Justice & Public Administration

Doctoral Student, Northcentral University
M.A., Centenary College
C.P.M., New Jersey Department of Personnel/Fairleigh Dickinson University
B.A., Centenary College
A.A., Raritan Valley Community College
Certificate of Mastery in Prior Learning Assessment

Jeffrey Carter is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Public Administration and Director of the Master of Arts in Leadership and Public Administration program, who retired after 25 years of law enforcement service. He began his career as a police dispatcher with the Rutgers University Police Department and was later promoted to police officer, serving on the Emergency Response Team. He later joined the Franklin Township Police Department, Somerset County, New Jersey and served in the Patrol Division, Administrative Division, and K-9 Unit as a certified K-9 handler. As a sergeant he served as a patrol squad supervisor and was later assigned as the communications supervisor. He managed the Communications Center, including the call-taking/dispatching staff, 9-1-1 system, police, fire, and EMS radio systems. As a lieutenant, he served as computer system administrator, patrol shift commander, Administrative Division commander and the Professional Services Division commander, where he was responsible for the daily operations of the Bureaus of Administrative Resources, Technology & Communications, Public Affairs, Records & Information, K-9 Unit, Neighborhood Police Teams, and the Office of Emergency Management. He oversaw the deployment of a multi-million dollar digital trunked radio system, 9-1-1 Communications Center upgrade, and a new CAD/RMS system.

During the final 3 years of his law enforcement career, Professor Carter was assigned to the Somerset County Police Academy, a division of the Raritan Valley Regional Public Safety Institute, where he served as the continuing education administrator. He was responsible for managing all of the Institute’s continuing educating programs, including police instructor certification programs. He also travels across the United States, Canada and Europe providing crisis communications training to 9-1-1 call-takers for PowerPhone, Inc., and continues to instruct at the Public Safety Institute.

Professor Carter served for 10 years as an elected fire commissioner, is a life-member of a volunteer fire company, and a former president and line officer of a volunteer first aid squad. He holds several emergency services certifications. He is a member of the New Jersey Association of Criminal Justice Educators and several other professional organizations. He serves on college level criminal justice and service learning advisory boards. Drawing on practical experience, he developed a CD-ROM based re-certification training program in Advanced Law Enforcement Dispatch and co-developed a 15 credit college level certificate program relating to emergency management and preparedness studies. He recently assisted with revising Centenary College’s Prior Learning Assessment program.

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