Parks & Recreation Games Hotline Online Registration         Athletics Game Schedules Swimming Special Events Trails Parks Blueways Trout Stocking Tourism Shelters Recreation Advisory    Commission Disc Golf Contact                 Rick Arrington Boone District         Rick Arrington is a native of Franklin County and a former U. S. Army Military Police Officer that later served for over 25 years in various capacities at the City of Roanoke Police Department. In Roanoke, Rick worked in the Community Policing Unit, Records Unit and finally as a Zone Commander over the Southeast Quadrant of the city. He has a BS in Criminal Justice and an extensive history in crime prevention. Rick is a graduate of the Administrative Officer’s Management Program at North Carolina State University.   Mr. Arrington retired from the Roanoke City Police Department in 2006 but has continued to serve in the field of crime prevention.  Since retiring, he has developed and taught several new crime prevention courses, including one to address the faith community and private schools.  He is a past President of the Southwest Regional Crime Prevention Association and the Virginia Crime Prevention Association. Mr. Arrington began the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) committee, which later evolved into Virginia’s Safer By Design Coalition.  He currently serves as a Board member of the Coalition, made up of over twenty design and management professionals. He has been recognized by the International Who’s Who for the category of Public Service and received many other awards for his efforts in prevention and community service.  Mr. Arrington drew on his knowledge and experience and created an interactive computer-based instrument (ARMOR) to assist crime prevention practitioners in conducting security assessments in a number of different type facilities and on Greenways.  In 2007, he published a text entitled, Crime Prevention-A Law Enforcement Officer’s Practical Guide, (Jones and Bartlett Publishers) which is currently being used by many in the proactive policing field as their desk reference to crime prevention issues and as basic crime prevention course text.  He is currently employed at the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), where he serves as a subject matter expert in the field of crime prevention.  Rick currently resides in the Boone District.  He has two children, one a senior at Virginia Tech and the other attends Franklin County High School.  Rick is active in the Rocky Mount Church of Christ, serving in various capacities and volunteers in other community needs, as time permits.
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