Director Rich Randolph
Rich was born and raised in Lincoln Nebraska and has lived in California for over 20 years.  He attended Santa Clara HS, a catholic school in Oxnard and played defensive line for the SC Saints for 4 years.   After graduating in 1991 he attended Ventura College majoring in Criminal Justice.  While in college he worked as a security officer for Pinkerton and was specially selected to work a special detail with a wide variety of law enforcement agencies, the Rodney King Trial in Simi Valley.
 
Knowing when the verdict was to be announced and witnessing the events that followed, he was soon inspired to become a police officer.  The Cops N Jocks Program was already implemented in just 5 schools in the Frontier League.  At 22 he was sworn into the Santa Paula Police Department as a reserve police officer patrolling unsupervised as a level one police officer working in patrol, gangs and specializing with at risk kids, he was also certified as a 911 dispatcher.  In 1999, members of the Oak Park Varsity football team approached the City of Santa Paula to ask if Randolph could be their adopting officer, this introduced “cross adoption” to CNJ.  Since being at Oak Park he was involved in the Santa Ynez incident in which several athletes were caught drinking, CNJ served as mediator in this community problem.  He received his ROP teaching credential in 2000 and taught over 100 students at Agoura High School in Careers in law enforcement.
 
In 2001, Randolph was offered a position as the School Safety Coordinator at Oak Park HS, a position that was created by the administration.but funding ended the position.  In 2002 he was appointed to School Resource officer by Chief Bobby Gonzales for Santa Paula HS, Renaissance HS and Gateway continuation, handing 3 schools in 2 cities.  Enduring many challenges, he implemented many programs and traditions still seen today throughout CNJ communities.  Randolph became a tagging expert for the SPPD and was awarded the NASRO Outstanding Achievement award in 2004 which was awarded to only 3 peace officers in the country. 
 
Funding soon ran out and he was faced with his own personal challenges, to give up his program or his lifelong dream to become a full time police officer.   After a extensive search he decided to leave his home of Ventura County and was hired by the Colton Police Department.   He attended the Riverside County Sheriffs department extended academy and was in Field training while attending, he received the CADA award and graduated as Class President of Class 4.  After graduation Randolph was re appointed as Director of the Cops N Jocks Program and is in close contact with peace officers and students whom he mentored nationwide.  His goal is to someday see CNJ grow within a department and travel California with the support of his staff and board.  He is writing a book of his challenges and triumphs called Blue Pride which is scheduled to be released in 2008, the book focuses on his career and how his dedication to mentoring kids has helped change lives and helped change his life. He's a big college football fan and loves to drive, traveling over 200 miles per week for his program alone as a volunteer.   Rich Randolph is currently assigned to patrol for the Colton Police Department, Platoon 1 and is the adopting officer for the Colton HS Yellowjackets, hoping to someday be a School Resource Officer and a Public Information Officer.

QUOTE "Never forget where you came from"

Assistant Director Christopher Sherry
Assistant Director Sean Watson