The
majority of our personnel make up our Patrol Division, which is
comprised of ten full-time officers. The division is made up of
four squads: A, B, C, D. The division works twelve hour shifts
and is responsible for patrolling the five square miles that
comprise the town limits. The officers answer all calls for
service, investigate traffic accidents, and perform daily
checks on businesses.
A
Squad
- Police
Officer Rick Bryson
- Joined
the Sylva Police Department February 1998
- Associate
Applied Science, Criminal Justice 1995
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
1995
- Western
Carolina University Police 1995-1997
- United
States Marine Corp. Base Reaction Force, Stationed
Okinawa, Japan 1983-1987
- Awarded
Officer of the Year for the Sylva Police Department
- Phone:
586-2916 ext. 210
E-mail: bryson@sylvapolice.org
B
Squad
- Sergeant
Davis Woodard
- Joined
the Sylva Police Department November 1989
- Jackson
County Sheriff’s Department 1987-1988
- Jackson
County Rescue Squad Member 1986-1987
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training
Certification
- North
Carolina Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced SWAT Law
Enforcement Training Certification
- Phone:
586-2916 ext. 207
E-mail: woodard@sylvapolice.org
- Police
Officer Curtis Lambert
- Joined
the Sylva Police Department August 2007
- Police
Officer with the Sylva Police Department
1995-1998
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training
Certification Southwestern Community College
1995
- Bachelor
of Science in Radio & Television, Western Carolina
University 1992
- Associate
of Applied Science in Radio and Television,
Southwestern Community College 1989
- Phone: 586-2916
ext. 214
E-mail: lambert@sylvapolice.org
C
Squad
- Sergeant
Jason Owen
- Joined
the Sylva Police Department 2006
- Police
Officer Western Carolina University
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training
Certification
- Phone: 586-2916
ext. 208
E-mail: owen@sylvapolice.org
- Police
Officer Mark Bennett
- Joined
the Sylva Police Department March 2003
- Associates
of Applied Science from Southwestern Community
College
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training
Certification
- Phone: 586-2916
ext. 211
E-mail: bennett@sylvapolice.org
- Police
Officer Caleb Harris
- Joined
the Sylva Police Department July 2008
- Deputy
with Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training
Certification
- Phone: 586-2916
ext. 212
E-mail: harris@sylvapolice.org
D
Squad
- Sergeant
George Lamphiear
- Joined the Sylva
Police November
2004
- Bachelor
of Science in EMC from Western Carolina University 2003
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
- National
Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
-Paramedic
- North
Carolina Rescue Technician -OSFM
- National
Association of Search and Rescue- SAR Tech
II
- Phone: 586-2916
ext. 209
E-mail: lamphiear@sylvapolice.org
- Police
Officer Matt Rathbone
- Joined
the Sylva Police August 2008
- Sergeant
with the Western Carolina University Police
2002-2007
- Deputy
with Jackson County Sheriff’s Office 2007-2008
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
Haywood Community College October 2002
- Phone: 586-2916
ext. 213
E-mail: rathbone@sylvapolice.org
- Police
Officer Daniel Peoples
- Joined
the Sylva Police August 2008
- North
Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
Southwestern Community College 2008
- North
Carolina Rescue Technician- OSFM
- Phone: 586-2916
ext. 216
E-mail: peoples@sylvapolice.org
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