CJM Degree Impacts Law Enforcement Career
Union is saluting our Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice Management (CJM) students, staff, and alumni through the month of May in recognition of National Police Week, celebrated nationally from May 12–18, 2019.
This week we spotlight Sergeant Brian Kinney, Homicide Investigator, a CJM alumnus. Sergeant Kinney discusses the impact his CJM degree has on his life and law enforcement career.
Q & A with Sergeant Brian Kinney
Q: How does a CJM degree benefit the community?
A: The CJM degree benefits the community by providing a better-rounded officer who has been exposed to contemporary techniques within a justice organization, interpretation and analysis skills, and better communication tools. I also believe the degree makes for a more empathetic officer.
Q: How does a CJM degree benefit a Law Enforcement Officer?
A: I believe the degree provides an officer with better decision-making skills. In addition, the degree allows the officer to be eligible for promotion.
Q: What has your degree meant to you personally and professionally?
A: My degree has given me a sense of accomplishment. I am the first male in my family to graduate from college. I am also a role model for my children. They watched me work full time and still complete my degree.
Q: What quality do you admire most about your alma mater?
A: Union allowed me flexibility and the ability to schedule classes around my work schedule. The program advisers understood that I worked full time and my classes had to be built around my work schedule.
Q: If you could give advice to a Union student, what would it be?
A: Stick with it. Don’t quit. Your degree will open up professional opportunities that didn’t exist before.
Q: What would you say has been your greatest accomplishment?
A: My greatest accomplishment is my family. My wife and two children have supported me every step of the way professionally and personally.
Q: What is your passion away from work?
A: My passion away from work is to spend as much time with my family as possible.
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