Tri-County Tech Professor Becomes First In the State To Earn National Certification

(Seneca, SC)——————-Tri-County Technical College has announced that Dr. Chris McFarlin, who is the school’s Criminal Justice Department Head, is the first and only law enforcement officer and criminal justice educator in the state to earn a national certification from the Force Science Institute in Chicago, IL, according to a press release. 

Dr. McFarlin recently earned a basic force science analyst certification before being accepted into the advanced specialist force science course which he completed earlier this month. 

McFarlin is a part time officer with the Pickens City Police Department in addition to his duties with Tri-County Tech. Previously, McFarlin worked as a police officer in Jonesboro, AK and was a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Little Rock, AK. McFarlin earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law.