Duncan Herrington

Duncan Herrington

Duncan Herrington

Police Officer

My name is Duncan Herrington.  I am married to my beautiful wife Sherri, and we have three awesome kids(Bradley 21, Jessica 15, Rebekah 11).  I have a Bachelor's of Science in Management - Human Resources.  I am a nationally certified EMT - Basic, I have been to hundreds of schools including: Managing the Investigative Unit, Asset Forfeiture,  Managing the Evidence Room, FBI Undercover, Internet Crimes Against Children, Patrol Response to Street Narcotics, Critical Incident Stress Management, FBI Computer Forensics, Fingerprint Recognition and Classification, Managing Homicide Investigations, FBI Instructor School, Hostage Negotiations.    I began my career in law enforcement in college as a dispatcher and eventually a cadet.  In 2000 I was hired by the Saraland Police Department as an officer.  I was assigned to patrol for several years.  My second year in patrol I received the Officer of the Year Award for the city.  I was also a certified member of the SWAT team.  I was eventually moved into investigations and was promoted to Corporal.  While in investigations I was a member of a task force called Project Little Red Riding Hood.  I worked under the umbrella of the Internet Crimes Against Children as a  13 year old girl online.  Our first week as a unit, my profile had a gentleman travel from north Mississippi to meet who he believed to be a little girl.   Our unit was very successful in catching and prosecuting child predators under the federal guidelines.  I also still worked my investigators job at the police department.  I was in charge of several murder investigations, sex crimes ,robbery and felony assault cases.  I was eventually promoted to Sergeant.  I was then placed over the investigations unit, evidence and school resource program.  My unit was able to close four times as many cases compared to the national average and received several accommodations from the Mobile District Attorney's Office and the FBI.  I later left Saraland and came to the Hill.  I am very fortunate to be a part of the Spring Hill family and am thankful everyday for the opportunity to work alongside great faculty, staff and students.  This experience is the most rewarding to date!