Prince William police promote 15 at ceremony

Fifteen men and woman received promotions from the Prince Wil­liam police department Friday at a ceremony at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge, officials said.

Among those promoted were: 

» Capt. Jay Lanham, a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Vir­ginia Commonwealth University and Fairmont State University, was promoted to the rank of major and will serve as the assistant chief for operations. 

» Lt. Heidi B. Braun, a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Leading, Educating and Develop­ing program at the University of Virginia, was promoted to captain and will be the western district commander. 

» Lt. Dawn M. Harman, a graduate of West Virginia University, George Mason University, the West Point Leadership Course and the LEAD program at the University of Vir­ginia, and a current student of the Professional Executive Leadership School at the University of Rich­mond, is now a captain. She con­tinues in her role as director of the animal control bureau. 

» 1st. Sgt. Leon C. Black Jr., who served in the Marine Corps and has completed coursework in lib­eral arts and the administration of justice, is now a lieutenant and is the new patrol watch commander for the department’s “E” squad on the western district. 

» 1st. Sgt. Jacques J. Poirier, a graduate of George Mason Univer­sity, was promoted to lieutenant and will serve as the patrol watch commander for the “F” squad on the western district. 

» Sgt. David L. Burghart was pro­motedtotherankoffirstsergeant. A graduate of Radford University, the West Point Leadership Course, and Northern Virginia and Germanna community colleges, Burghart is assigned to the “B” squad on the eastern district. 

» Sgt. Brandan R. Dudley, a gradu­ate of Northern Virginia Commu­nity College and the West Point Leadership Course, was promoted to first sergeant and is assigned to the internal affairs bureau. 

» Sgt. Michael A. Fernald, a gradu­ate of the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York and the West Point Leadership Course, was promoted to first sergeant and continues his position as a supervi­sor on the violent crimes bureau’s robbery and homicide unit. 

» Officer Gregory L. Moore, who served in the Navy and was a grad­uate of Fauquier High School, is now a sergeant and will be assigned to the “D” squad in the western district. 

» Officer Edward Petke Jr. was promoted to sergeant. He has completed undergraduate course­work in general studies and crimi­nal justice.

» Tami T. Turner, whose former po­sition was administrative assistant III, was promoted in November to the position of administrative support coordinator I and is now providing administrative support to the assistant chief of police, operations. 

» In the Public Safety Commu­nications center, which handles police dispatching for Prince Wil­liam, as well as fire and rescue calls for Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park, Jennifer D. Bradley was promoted to the rank of tele­communicator IV, officials said. Mi­chelle L. Fridley, Nicole C. MacDonald and Nicole Shelton were promoted to the position of telecommunica­tor III.

Staff writer David Pierce can be reached at 703-530-3905.