About Your Instructor
Greg Miraglia, M.A. Ed.
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Dear Student, I'm pleased to have you in my class and look forward to a successful learning experience with you this semester. I have been teaching since 1986 and am passionate about teaching and learning. I invite you to learn more about my background and experience by reading my biography below.
I am always open to questions and typically respond to emails within 24 hours. If you need assistance or guidance beyond what an email can provide, please feel free to call or request a time for us to meet online or in person. If you find at any point that you are struggling with the class material, please ask for help sooner than later.
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I wish you the best for this semester and hope you get all that you hope for from our time together.
Greg Miraglia
Biography
Greg Miraglia has a Masters Degree in Education, a Bachelors Degree in Business, and is a graduate of the California Commission On Peace Officer Standards and Training Master Instructor Development Program. He teaches a variety of administration of justice classes including all human relations, work place harassment prevention, community policing, criminal law, and one of the only state certified hate crimes investigations courses in the State of California. He has experience teaching use of force, firearms, impact weapons, chemical agents, ethics and professionalism, patrol procedures, and many other topics presented in the basic law enforcement academy.
"I am passionate about the community policing philosophy and believe strongly in the need for law enforcement to be culturally competent. Sir Robert Peel said, 'the police are the people and the people are the police.' At the heart of this all is education." - Greg Miraglia
In 2016, Mr. Miraglia was named Dean Emeritus at Napa Valley College after retiring as Dean of Career Technical Education. He was awarded the “Dr. John W. Rice Diversity Award” by the Chancellor of the California Community College system in July of 2013 for his work developing hate crime prevention and diversity education programs. He continues teaching as a part time member of the faculty and Napa Valley College, Santa Rosa Junior College, and City College of San Francisco.
Mr. Miraglia has over 35 years of experience in law enforcement with three different police departments working in both sworn and civilian capacities from the line to administrative level. He most recently served as deputy chief of the Napa Valley Railroad Police Department.
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