Chattahoochee Tech Officers Receive Promotions

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WOODSTOCK, GA -- Two Chattahoochee Technical College campus police officers are moving up in rank, bringing an additional wealth of law enforcement knowledge and experience to the department’s already skilled command staff.

Wayne Bennett, CTC’s executive director of Facilities Management and Public Safety, recently announced the promotions of Jeffery Youngkin and Robert McDowell to the rank of sergeant.

Sgt. Youngkin will supervise the Marietta, Paulding, Mountain View and Austell campuses and Sgt. McDowell will oversee the Appalachian, Canton, Woodstock and North Metro campuses.

Their promotions come on the heels of Alfredrick Campbell being named CTC’s new deputy chief of police in December. Campbell is a retired Cobb County Police Department lieutenant and has also worked for the city of Marietta, Georgia State University and Kennesaw State University police.

Additional members of the CTC Campus Police Department command staff include Lynn Quick, communications and records manager, and Tim Hilley, the department’s training officer.

“These are individuals who I would trust with any task, and that’s the most important element when putting together a command staff. It is critical to have individuals who not only do the job they are hired to do, but they also are capable of picking up behind you,” CTC Campus Police Chief Charles Spann said. “We are proud to have both Sgt. McDowell and Sgt. Youngkin as members of our command staff. These officers bring a great deal of law enforcement experience to an already skilled police force.”

Sgt. McDowell joined CTC’s Department of Public Safety as a part-time police officer in August 2010 after retiring from the Cobb County Police Department, where he served as a patrol officer and as an investigator in felony crimes against persons as well as internal affairs.

From 1998 to 2005, McDowell also worked as a departmental polygrapher, conducting more than 700 polygraph tests. He additionally served as a member of the Cobb County Police crisis negotiation team from 1994 to 2010. Sgt. McDowell rose up the ranks at Cobb County Police, serving as a sergeant and supervisor over uniform patrol.

In 2012, he became a full-time officer with the CTC Campus Police Department and served as the lead officer at the North Metro Campus before being transfered to the Mountain View Campus, where he continued the role of lead officer.

Sgt. Youngkin moved to Georgia in 1978 and started his career with the Cobb County Police Department in 1982. He was promoted to sergeant in 1989 and then to lieutenant in 1994. During his tenure with Cobb County Police, he served in many different areas of responsibility, including uniform patrol, investigations, narcotics, intelligence and motorcycle patrol.

Sgt. Youngkin retired from Cobb County Police in 2011 with more than 29 years of service. He joined the CTC Campus Police Department in January 2013 and served as lead officer at the Paulding Campus.

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Photo 1: Sgt. Robert McDowell
Photo 2: Sgt. Jeffrey Youngkin
Photo 3: Chattahoochee Tech’s police department now has a complete command staff following the promotion of two officers. Pictured, from left, are newly promoted sergeants Jeffery Youngkin and Robert McDowell, Police Chief Charles Spann, Communications/Records Manager Lynn Quick, Training Officer Tim Hilley and Deputy Chief Alfredrick Campbell.
Photo credits: Chattahoochee Technical College