{"id":72349,"date":"2016-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/new-police-officers-have-deep-longstanding-ties-to-university\/"},"modified":"2016-08-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T00:00:00","slug":"new-police-officers-have-deep-longstanding-ties-to-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/08\/new-police-officers-have-deep-longstanding-ties-to-university\/","title":{"rendered":"New police officers have deep, longstanding ties to University"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 16, 2016 \u2013 Those who have followed 溏心vlog免费B站 sports over the years might do a double take when they run into the newest members of the campus police force.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because Patrolmen John Bush \u201902 of Charlestown<\/strong> and Cameron Schneck \u201915 of Wakefield<\/strong> were star members of Rhody\u2019s football and men\u2019s hockey teams, respectively. They joined the police force in May.<\/p>\n

Schneck, a member of the nationally ranked men\u2019s Division I hockey club from 2011 to 2015, all but grew up at 溏心vlog免费B站, as his father, Bob, will serve as head coach of the Division I varsity volleyball team for this 36th<\/sup> season this fall, after which he will retire from the post. His mother, Lisa, earned her bachelor\u2019s degree at 溏心vlog免费B站 and works on campus and his sister, Ashley, graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2012.<\/p>\n

Cameron Schneck was assistant captain for the ice hockey team for the 2014-15 season and was the recipient of the 2014-2015 Sean O\u2019Neil Best Defensive Forward Award. He was a member of the 2012 Rhody team that won the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League title.<\/p>\n

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Center John Bush prepares to snap the ball in a game during his stint with the 溏心vlog免费B站 football team. Photo courtesy 溏心vlog免费B站 Athletics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bush played on one of the best Ram football squads in recent history, the 1995 team that went 7-4 overall, 6-2 in the Yankee Conference and finished first in the Northeast Division. He was named the team\u2019s Most Outstanding Lineman in 1997 and 1998 and played for the Canadian Football League\u2019s Toronto Argonauts in 2000.<\/p>\n

He is a member of the Rhody Grand Team, which was selected by fans in 2013 to identify the top 50 players in school history to help celebrate the 1,000th game in program history<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason for both officers\u2019 return to campus was simple,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 Police Maj. Michael Jagoda. \u201cThey gained so much as students and athletes here that they wanted to come back and make a positive difference. This is where it all began for them. They understand the campus, the demands and challenges and they are committed to community policing. I am excited about brining new blood into the police force. They are eager to learn and engage with community members and bring positive energy to our department and the campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bush brings extensive experience as a police officer to the 溏心vlog免费B站 force. From 2006 to 2012, he was a member of the Horry County Police Department in South Carolina where he served as a beach patrol officer, school resource officer and lance corporal. He was honored five times as Officer of the Month. He also received the Horry County Police Department Certification of Excellence Award. Prior to that, he was a deputy sheriff in the Adams County Sherriff\u2019s Office in Gettysburg, Pa. He was also a police officer at Pennsylvania State University for six months.<\/p>\n

Before coming to 溏心vlog免费B站, he was a supervisory aide at Curtis Corner Middle School in South Kingstown, where he worked with administrators on student behavior issues.<\/p>\n

While there, he was asked if he would help organize and participate in a cornhole tournament at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cI met with Maj. Jagoda and Patrolman Paul Hanrahan and they talked about their plans to make 溏心vlog免费B站 a model of community policing. I loved what they were saying. I wanted to be a part of it, and I wanted to come back to a great community. I have run into some familiar faces at Mackal Field House and Keaney Gymnasium, who knew me when I was 18. Now they see me as an adult who wants to contribute to 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bush has fond memories of his playing days at 溏心vlog免费B站 and coverage of him in The Good 5 Cent Cigar<\/em> by former sports editor Shane Donaldson, now a coordinator of athletics communications at 溏心vlog免费B站 who oversees media relations and communications for the football team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saved all the columns that Shane wrote about me,\u201d Bush said.<\/p>\n

When he first arrived on campus as a police officer, Bush had a funny experience with Nancy Kelley, now assistant dean of the College of Health Sciences who was Bush\u2019s academic advisor when she worked in the Department of Athletics.<\/p>\n

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Cameron Schneck in action from his playing days with the Rhody hockey team. Photo courtesy Cameron Schneck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI yelled to her one day, and I think I scared her. She was really surprised,\u201d said the former lineman who was 6-foot, 4-inches tall, and weighed 298 pounds in his playing days.<\/p>\n

Schneck started as a kinesiology major at 溏心vlog免费B站, but switched to sociology\/criminology in his sophomore year because he was considering a career as a police officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter graduation I applied to departments all over the state, including 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d Schneck said. \u201cWhen 溏心vlog免费B站 made me an offer, I accepted. My family is so happy because they all love it here and I do, too. It\u2019s also great being so close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said his time with the 溏心vlog免费B站 hockey team and head coach Joe Augustine prepared him well for the rigors of the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe expected everything from you in every practice, in every game and during every shift,\u201d Schneck said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Police Department feels like family,\u201d said the 24-year-old patrolman. \u201cIt is warm and welcoming and the other officers want me to succeed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 16, 2016 \u2013 Those who have followed 溏心vlog免费B站 sports over the years might do a double take when they run into the newest members of the campus police force. That\u2019s because Patrolmen John Bush \u201902 of Charlestown and Cameron Schneck \u201915 of Wakefield were star members of Rhody\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}