Greene County to get new conservation police officer

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) Basic Law Enforcement Academy has graduated a new class of officers. Clerk of the Circuit Court for Chesterfield County, The Honorable Judy L. Worthington, officially swore-in the new officers.
Nicholas Maximilian Gleeson has been assigned to Greene County.
In all, 20 new conservation police officers were sworn-in at the ceremony. These officers completed an intensive 29-week training program that included more than 200 courses. They will take up their assignments across the Commonwealth and proceed with field training under the direct supervision of field training officers.
This is the fifth class to graduate from the Department’s Training Academy. VDGIF undertook establishing its own academy in order to tailor the program to the specific needs of conservation police officers.
VDGIF Executive Director Bob Duncan also spoke at the graduation ceremony noting, “This is a very impressive group of individuals. Their training has been rigorous both physically and mentally. We are so fortunate to have this caliber of people joining us at the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.”
Conservation police officers must be proficient in a wide array of skills including handling of firearms; crime scene investigations; drug and operating-under-the-influence enforcement; search and rescue; boat operation and boat trailering; etc.