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BEHIND THE BADGE

Experience & Qualifications

Professional Profile

  • Master’s degree in Criminal Justice with 19 years of executive law enforcement experience

  • Dedicated 31-year law enforcement professional and instructor

  • Experienced educator in both high school and community college settings

  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communicator and presenter

  • Highly analytical thinker with strong powers of observation

  • Proven team player who excels independently

  • Certified EMT

David in Uniform
David Rigney for Sheriff

Education & Training

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  • Certified EMT (Valedictorian) – Wells County EMS, 2020

  • Master of Science, Criminal Justice – University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

  • Bachelor of Arts, Music Performance – Baptist Bible College, Springfield, MO

  • Leading By Legacy, Management/Leadership Training – International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, VA

  • Chief Executive Leadership Training – Southern Police Institute, Louisville, KY

  • Police Chief Management Training – Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

  • Police Academy (Salutatorian) – Tarrant County Jr. College, Fort Worth, TX

  • Police Academy (California P.O.S.T. Certificate) – Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA

  • Accounting – 10 Credit Hours, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

  • Over 4,000 hours of in-service police and management training

  • Lifelong learner

Academic &

Teaching Experience

  • Certified Police Instructor – Indiana: Generalist instructor of law enforcement personnel in courses such as Domestic & Family Violence, Human Trafficking, Disability Awareness, Mental Health, DUI & Drug Interdiction

  • Certified AR-15 Rifle Armorer

  • Certified TASER Instructor

  • Certified WMD/CBRNE Instructor – Homeland Security

  • Certified Firearms Instructor – Texas

  • Certified in CPR/AED and Nasal Narcan Delivery

  • Adjunct Instructor, Correctional Officer Training Academy – El Centro College, Dallas, TX

  • Adjunct Instructor, Police Academy – Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX

  • Jr. & Sr. High School Administrator & Teacher – Anaheim Baptist Christian School, Anaheim, CA

David Rigney
David Rigney for Wells County Sheriff

Honors & Awards

  • Dean’s List – University of Cincinnati, M.S. Criminal Justice

  • Class Salutatorian – Tarrant County Police Academy, Fort Worth, TX

  • Distinguished Recruit – Tarrant County Police Academy, Fort Worth, TX

  • Police Executive of the Year – 2018, D.A.R.E. Indiana

  • Class Valedictorian – Wells County EMS, EMT Training, 2020

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