South Georgia Technical College has hired Bradley Dion Small of Americus as a full-time Campus Police Officer, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford. Small will report to SGTC Police Chief Calvin Hodge, Jr., and Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens. He will be primarily stationed on the Americus campus.
Small is a 2019 graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Basic Mandate Law Enforcement Academy. He has been working at the Sumter County Sheriff Department and working part-time at SGTC in the Police Department. He also serves as a part-time Coach/Defensive/Offensive Coordinator for the Sumter County High School football team.
He earned a BS in Criminal Justice from Troy State University and an AS in General Studies at Georgia Military College. He also has an MS in Criminal Justice from Troy University. He attended Americus High School and was the football captain for four consecutive years at the high school level and was a member of the All-Decade team at the Collegiate level. He was a four-year starter at both high school and collegiate level and was the football captain for two consecutive years at the collegiate level.
He played at Georgia Military College from 2005 – 2006 and Troy University from 2007 – 2008. In May 2009 he was an attended the Tampa Bay Buccaneers mini-camp as undrafted Free Agent Rookie. He played arena football with the Columbus Lions from 2010 to 2022.
While working at the Sumter County Sheriff Department he has served as a Jailer, Correctional Officer and Deputy Sheriff from 2009 until he became full-time at SGTC. He is a certified police officer, certified correctional officer, certified jailer, OSHA General Industry and trained in Public Safety.
As an SGTC Campus Police Officer, Small will perform a full range of assigned law enforcement duties to maintain security and order on a technical college campus. Essential responsibilities include, but are not limited to: guarding and monitoring buildings, answers alarms, and investigates disturbances, investigates criminal complaints and vehicle and other accidents. He will also coordinate with state patrol and adjacent law enforcement jurisdictions.
He will monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors and other persons to guard against and maintain security of premises; patrol premises to prevent and detect signs of intrusion and ensure security of persons and property. He will also coordinate with others to coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities and special needs programs in addition to other duties as assigned.