Fort Wayne’s scholar detective and research that makes policing better

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — “Doctor, detective sergeant is what my guys call me,” joked Christopher Felton, a detective with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) who wears a multitude of hats. “Main title is detective sergeant with our gang and violent crime unit… I also have my PHD in criminal justice and I have been a college professor since 2013 at Trine and Indiana Tech.”

That PHD came with a dissertation concerning procedural justice.

“Those of us are called ‘prac-ademic’, who are practitioners and academics, it’s the new buzzword, I guess,” Felton said…

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