Staff Profile
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Herbert
A. Johnson,
Associate Director

 

Tel: (212) 237-8618 E-Mail: hjohnson@jjay.cuny.edu

Herbert Johnson is an Associate Director of the Criminal Justice Center/Security Management Institute. His area of expertise is human relations, human dignity and cultural diversity.

He was born in New York City and served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam era. Upon discharge he earned a Bachelors degree from Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, and a Masters degree from Fordham University.

Herbert has more than 20 years experience as an administrator, teacher and trainer. He has developed programs for both the private and public sectors that promote diversity awareness, understanding and appreciation among people of different racial, ethnic, religious, language and gender backgrounds. He has taught African History at the secondary school level. He has been a lecturer at The College Board and has designed leadership development, prejudice reduction, and conflict management programs for secular and religious institutions.

At John Jay, Herbert developed cultural diversity training modules for New York Board of Education School Safety officers, security personnel, and law enforcement officers. He assisted in developing a language and cultural immersion curriculum titled: Streetwise: Language and Culture and Police Work in New York City for the New York State Regional Community Policing Institute. This curriculum was delivered to more than 5000 graduates of the New York Police Department training academy in 1998 and 1999.

Herbert lives in New York City with his wife, Yosette. They have a son, Ajamu.




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Roger G. Battie, Lecturer


Tel: (212) 237- 8638 E-Mail: rbattie@jjay.cuny.edu

 
Roger Battie has been a Lecturer at John Jay College/CUNY since 1986. He is also an adjunct in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration. He brings with him a wealth of security knowledge.

Prior to coming to John Jay College, Roger spent many years as the Vice President of Burns International Security Services and Burns Electronic Security Services, USA. He also served as the Department Head of the R&D Department at Sylvania's Electronic Defense Laboratory.

He has conducted numerous security surveys and security planning operations in overseas environments, to include Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Egypt, Spain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Roger also prepared and executed an evacuation plan for a major construction company in Iran.

Roger served as an Officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II, specializing in radar and communications. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California in radio engineering and a graduate degree in science education from the University of Southern California.

He has been a technical consultant on three major motion pictures, The Anderson Tapes, Wolfen and The Manhattan Project. He was a Vice President of the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association - Easter Region and a member of the National Fire Protection Association.

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Ashton Franklyn,  Operations Coordinator


Tel: (212) 237-8638 E-Mail: cjcsmitr@jjay.cuny.edu

Ashton was born, raised and schooled in Trinidad and Tobago. He later migrated to the United States and obtained his BS degree from York College and his Masters from Hunter College in 1996.

As Operations Coordinator, Ashton works with the CUNY Public Safety Training Program in maintaining the Academy's mission to produce well trained campus peace officers capable of meeting the diverse demands of their campus.

Ashton teaches several courses on the laws, regulations and standards applicable to workplace hazards and safety (employer-employee rights and responsibilities/ accidents/ exposures) maximizing the quality, utility and integrity of the information disseminated by, but not limited to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) and the New York State Department of Labor. He was recently designated as an Asbestos Inspector.

Ashton is also responsible for coordinating audio visual and other technical assistance for the Center.

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