Investigator Tichy Graduates from FBI Academy

Investigator Robert Tichy has graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy.

A Criminal Investigator assigned to the Putnam Sheriff’s Office Identification and Forensics Unit, he has been one of the county’s law enforcement officers for 13 years.

“Investigator Tichy has been a high performer and I know that the advanced training he received at the FBI National Academy will now enable him to raise his performance to an even higher level,” said Sheriff Donald B. Smith in a press release.

Tichy joins a select group at the department—he’s the 10th member now on active duty to have graduated from the Academy.

Here’s the full text of the Sheriff’s statement:

Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports that Sheriff’s Investigator Robert Tichy has graduated from the prestigious Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy.

Investigator Tichy attended the 257th session of the FBI National Academy in a class that included two hundred and ten law enforcement officers from forty-nine states, the District of Columbia, twenty-six international countries, three military organizations and three federal civilian organizations. FBI Director James Comey was the principal speaker at the ceremony and presented diplomas to the graduates in a ceremony held at the academy facilities in Quantico, Virginia.

Internationally renowned for its academic excellence, the National Academy is a ten week program of instruction in a broad spectrum of law enforcement disciplines, including advanced investigative, management, and fitness training. The academy staff is comprised of veteran FBI special agents and other instructors holding advanced academic degrees, many of whom are recognized as experts in their fields.

The FBI National Academy program is academically accredited through its affiliation with the University of Virginia. Completion of the program qualifies graduates to earn up to seventeen undergraduate college credits of coursework in various subjects, including the following course titles: Executive Leadership; Interviewing Strategies; Computer Crimes for Police Supervisors; Psychology of Communication; Labor Law; and Physical Fitness in Law Enforcement.

Appointment of candidates to the FBI National Academy is a highly selective process and many police professionals consider the experience to be a high point, or even the crowning achievement, of a successful law enforcement career. Less than one percent of the nation’s law enforcement officials and even a smaller percentage of eligible candidates from other countries are selected to attend the program, for which there is currently a waiting list. To date, 47,464 persons have graduated from the academy since it began in July 1935. Of this number, approximately 29,961 are still active in law enforcement work.

Investigator Tichy joins ten other active members of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office who have graduated from the academy. Those members are: Chief Criminal Investigator A. Gerald Schramek; Captains William McNamara and Thomas Velotti; First Sergeant Paul Boscia; Senior Investigator Mark E. Gilmore; Sergeants Frank Christian, Michael Szabo, Kevin Cargain and William Meyer and Investigator John Matrician.

Investigator Tichy is assigned as a Criminal Investigator assigned to the department’s Identification and Forensics Unit. He has served the sheriff’s office for more than thirteen years in various capacities. He was a corrections officer, patrol deputy, and spent four years in the Narcotics Enforcement Unit until promoted to the rank of investigator in 2010.

Sheriff Smith commended Investigator Tichy for his successful completion of the academy program. “Investigator Tichy has been a high performer and I know that the advanced training he received at the FBI National Academy will now enable him to raise his performance to an even higher level,” said the Sheriff.

“Education and training is the life-blood of any professional and progressive organization. I know Investigator Tichy will put his outstanding academy training to good use for the citizens of Putnam County as he carries out his duties each and every day,” concluded the Sheriff.

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