Policing Fellows

Chase Wetherington has been a sworn law enforcement officer in Tampa, FL, since 2012. He currently holds the rank of Detective with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, where he has served in a variety of positions throughout the agency, and is assigned to the District II Investigations and Intelligence Unit. Chase is a Florida Department…

Shaun Ward, D.M., is a law enforcement professional with over 19 years of strategic and leadership experience who received his Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership degree. Dr. Ward is considered as a subject matter expert in strategic operations, leadership, and in professional/career and organization development. He is dedicated to researching occupational health and safety,…

Corporal John “Jack” Wagstaff Jr. is currently assigned to the Special Victims Unit in the Durham Police Department’s (NC) Criminal Investigations Division. Prior to investigations, Wagstaff was a patrol officer and supervisor in the Uniform Patrol Bureau, where he served on multiple specialty teams, including the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), Patrol Sharpshooters, Mobile Field Force,…

James wants to expand the role of behavioral science in policing. Because police work makes such potent and peculiar psychological demands of officers, behavioral science offers a uniquely promising tool kit for improving officer performance, and, when integrated into a broader scientific approach to research and innovation, organizational performance as well. James comes from a…

Frank P. Tona is currently a Sergeant with the Charles County, Maryland Sheriff’s Office where he’s worked since 2002. He is currently assigned to his department’s Patrol Division and has collateral duties as a Hostage Negotiator and Crime Scene Processor. He began his career in the Patrol Division and was later transferred to the Criminal…

Dr. John T. Schultz, a sworn member of the Florida Highway Patrol, serves as a Master Corporal assigned to the Florida Highway Patrol’s Traffic Homicide Advanced Investigation & Reconstruction Team. Dr. Schultz has been a Trooper for nearly 28 years and has served in many leadership roles during his career as a Florida State Trooper….

Deputy Jeffrey Payne has been a Deputy Sheriff with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida, for over seven years. Deputy Payne currently works in the Uniformed Patrol Division where he has amassed experience responding to calls for service ranging from the simple to the extraordinary. He often spends his free time during shift…

Lieutenant Norton was born and raised in San Diego County and began his career at the Oceanside Police Department in 1998. As an officer, Lieutenant Norton held a variety of assignments including Defensive Tactics Instructor, Less Lethal Instructor, Drug Recognition Expert, Chemical Agents Instructor, SWAT Operator and Field Training Officer. In 2004, he was chosen…

Dr. Magny is a police officer at the Sacramento Police Department where he is currently assigned to the Professional Standards Unit. Some of the previous assignments where Dr. Magny has worked include Patrol, Narcotics, School Resource Officer, and the Crime Suppression Unit. Dr. Magny also served on the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Police…

Paul Grattan Jr. is a sergeant and 17-year veteran of the New York City Police Department. After completing his undergraduate work at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, he was appointed to the NYPD in July of 2001. While in the Police Academy, he responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center,…