The Augusta Technical College cadets of Class 017 will have their Swearing-In Ceremony on Wednesday, September 28th, at 1:00 PM in the Jack Patrick ITC Auditorium, Bldg. 1000, on the Augusta Campus.  Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree will be the guest speaker.

Sheriff Roundtree obtained his primary education in Augusta, Georgia graduating from Josey High School.  Sheriff Roundtree was awarded a football scholarship and attended South Carolina State University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in 1991.  Sheriff Roundtree later obtained a Master’s Degree in Psychology and Counseling from Troy State University in 2006. He successfully attended and graduated from Senior Management Institute Program in June 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

In 2008, Sheriff Roundtree attended the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia and believes in continual education and learning as a professional, he has completed over 3000 hours of formal law enforcement training that includes, SWAT all levels, General Firearms, Criminal Investigations, Psychological Profiling, Behavioral Analysis Interviews and Constitutional Law. He has been an Instructor for the local police academies for over 17 years where he has taught a variety of topics to include homicides, violent crimes and constitutional law. 

Sheriff Roundtree believes and supports community involvement.  To substantiate this he co-founded the Dad’s in Action organization which is a mentoring group for at-risk children and has also served as past Vice President for the Richmond County Council of PTAs.  He also serves on the Board of Directors for Easter Seals of Augusta and the YMCA.

After he was elected as the new Sheriff supporting Augusta-Richmond County in 2012, Sheriff Roundtree immediately shared his initiatives which are to engage and interact with the community, central to that plan is the creation of the Community Services Division within the sheriff’s office and continuing programs, such as the neighborhood watch initiative and D.A.R.E. anti-drug program in county schools now know has CHAMP.  

Sheriff Roundtree has implemented five initiatives that he develop in 2013, each designed to improve community relations and boost internal morale, such initiative are the Citizens Advisory Board, Citizen’s Academy, Youth Explorer Program for ages 16 to 20, Sheriff’s Council and Reserve Deputy Program.

In spite of the many demands, Sheriff Roundtree also goes out to various schools speaking to kids about staying out of trouble.