Captain Rick Frye Graduates from the National FBI Academy

Loudoun County, VA:

Loudoun County Sheriff Steve Simpson is proud to announce that Captain Rick Frye recently graduated from the 244th session of the FBI National Academy Program at Quantico, Virginia. 

Frye was one of 258 law enforcement officers who graduated March 18, 2011 from the 11-week program. This session included men and women from 49 states, 20 countries, four military organizations and four federal civilian organizations. 
 
Frye is a 25-year veteran of law enforcement. He began his career in 1986 with the Leesburg Police Department and moved to the Loudoun Sheriff’s Office in 1997. He was promoted to sergeant in 2001, to 2nd Lieutenant in 2002 and to 1st Lieutenant two years later. He obtained his current rank of Captain in 2006. Captain Frye oversaw the design and construction of the Eastern Loudoun station and now serves as commander of that facility. 
 
Frye is the eighteenth member of the Sheriff’s Office senior staff to have graduated from the FBI Academy since 1970, when then-Sheriff Robert W. Legard completed the training with the 86th session. He is the twelfth member of current senior staff members who have graduated from this prestigious academy. 
 
Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy Program, held at the FBI Academy in Quantico, offers 11 weeks of advanced investigative, management and fitness training for selected officers having proven records as professionals within their agencies. 
 
Training for the program is provided by the FBI Academy instructional staff, Special Agents and other staff members holding advanced degrees, many of whom are recognized internationally in their fields of expertise.

The FBI National Academy is a professional course of study for U.S. and international law enforcement leaders that serves to improve the administration of justice in police departments and agencies at home and abroad and to raise law enforcement standards, knowledge, and cooperation worldwide.

Its mission is to support, promote, and enhance the personal and professional development of law enforcement leaders by preparing them for complex, dynamic, and contemporary challenges through innovative techniques, facilitating excellence in education and research, and forging partnerships throughout the world.

Participants are leaders and managers of state and local police, sheriffs’ departments, military police organizations, and federal law enforcement agencies. Participation is by invitation only, though a nomination process. Participants are drawn from every state in the union, from U.S. territories and from over 150 international partner nations.

May God continue to bless our county employees whose foremost responsibility is to maintain our much cherished community security.