UPD Lt. Phelps Completes FBI Program

UPD Lieutenant Andrew Phelps (photo provided)

SUNY Geneseo’s University Police Lieutenant Andrew Phelps recently completed the FBI National Academy Associates training program. The FBI National Academy is a professional course of study for US and international law enforcement managers. Participants are nominated by their agency heads after demonstrating leadership qualities. Fewer than one percent of police executives in the United States are selected to attend the academy. The training has an academic component accredited through the University of Virginia. 

The 10-week program provides coursework in intelligence theory, management science, law, behavioral science, law enforcement communication, and forensic science. The program aims to improve the administration of justice in police departments and agencies and to raise law enforcement standards, knowledge, and cooperation worldwide.

“Not all agencies are willing to send their leaders away for training for that length of time,” said UPD Chief Scott Ewanow ’06. “Geneseo recognizes the value in executive leadership training and building connections with other law enforcement agencies. The National Academy is known internationally for its academic excellence, and UPD supports its leaders learning in that environment.”

Phelps joined the University Police Department in 2007 and was promoted to lieutenant in 2017. In addition to his responsibilities as a shift supervisor, Phelps serves the department as a firearms instructor, a reality-based training instructor, and an administrator of the department’s records management system. 

Ewanow completed the FBI training program in 2019, and Assistant Chief Richard Myers completed it in 2024.