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                                                         "Bishop James E. Tripp Jr."

History:

Born:  November 12, 1957

Parents:  Ms. Mary F. Tripp & the late

               James E. Tripp

Married: To the former

                Dorothy Louise Edwards

 Daughter:   Delicia Tripp-Kimbrough

Son-in-Law:  Stephen Kimbrough

Bishop Tripp was reared in Greene County (Walstonburg, NC), he attended Greene County Schools and graduated from Greene Central High School June 1976. He attended Pitt Community College, majored in the Police Science Curriculum. He was a 1981 graduate of the Wilson Police Academy. He graduated from The Institute Of Government University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University Masters of Public Administration Program in March 2004 “The Law Enforcement Executive Program.” He also received a certificate from the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill for competition of The Basic personnel Administration. Bishop Tripp is also a Notary Public and he has attended a number of workshops and seminars relating to law enforcement and religion.

Bishop Tripp preached his initial sermon the 4^th Sunday in September 1980, subject “Lord Come By Here.”

Service as Pastor: St. Peter O. F. W. B. Church in Vanceboro, NC 1986 – 1996

Holly Hill O. F. W. B. Church in Belvoir, NC 1991 – Present

Service to the Northeast O. F. W. B. Conference:          Past district supervisor, Treasurer for the Pitt County Union Meeting and President of the Cape Fear District Union Meeting.

Service as Bishop: Elected Presiding Bishop of the Northeast O. F. W. B. Conference October 1996. He was elected by the Bishops of the General Conference to serve as II-Vice Bishop during the 2005General Conference. In the month July 2006 during the National Free Will Baptist Convention he was selected and asked to serve as Vice-President of the National Free Will Baptist Convention.

Law Enforcement Career: His career began in October 1981 with the Farmville Police Department as a patrolman until September 1982. He then joined the Greenville Police Department as a patrolman in September 1982 and served until December 1998. During his years of service with the Greenville Police Department he served as a public relations officer, juvenile officer, crime prevention officer, supervised the parking control officers and he served nine (9) years as Program Coordinator for the Greenville Housing Authority Drug Elimination Program supervising four (4) officers as a corporal. After resigning from the Greenville Police Department, December 7, 1998 he was sworn in as a Pitt County Deputy Sheriff where he presently serves as “Chief of Community Operations.” In that position he serves as assistant to the Sheriff and under that division he supervises the Training and Equipment Unit, Communications Center, Court Bailiffs, D.A.R.E. Officer, Crime Prevention Officer, Pitt County Sheriff’s Office Gang Task Force, Project Safe Neighborhoods Coordinator, Child Support Unit, Civil Enforcement Unit and the County Office Deputies.

Past Organizations & Clubs:

-Team” (Reviewed cases of abuse/neglect)

-“Youth Coalition” Founder and Chairman)

-North Carolina Crime Prevention Officers Association

-North Carolina Juvenile Officers Association

-Advisor of the Greenville Police Department “Explorer Post of The Boy Scouts of America”

-Board Member of the “BatteredWomen Association

-Board member of the Greenville Drug Task Force”

-Member of the “Multidisciplinary

-North State law Enforcement Officers       Association

- “Community Child Protection Team” (Reviewed serious child sexual

      abuse and child fatality)

-“Harm’s Way” (A head and spinal injury group)

-Pitt County Bicycle Helmet Promotion Project

-Chairman of the Advisory Board of the “Greenville development preschool Enrichment Program and Parenting Group”

-North Carolina Sheriff’s Chaplain Association

-Counselor for the Greenville Housing Authority

-Board Member for Boy Scout Troop # 103

-Coordinator for the Volunteer Chaplain Program for the Greenville Police Department

-Board Member for the Pitt County Schools Comprehensive Health Advisory Council

-The Steering Committee for The Working With At Risk Youths curriculum (formerly called working with Delinquent and Undisciplined Youth and Families) East Carolina University: Partnership for Human Services School of Social work

Present Organizations & Clubs:

- Northeast Original Free Will Baptist Conference, Inc.

-  National Free Will Baptist Association

-General Conference of the Original Free Will Baptist

-Pitt County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (Funding committee chairman)

-Member of the Pitt County Chapter of the NAACP

-Vice-President of the Citizens United Against Violence

-Member of the Pitt/Greenville Gang Prevention Alliance

-North Carolina Child Support Association

-Pitt County Law Enforcement Officers Association

-Pitt County Law Enforcement Executives Committee

Accomplishments & Awards 

-         1985 Northeast O. F. W. B. Conference Minister of The Year

-         1989 Northeast O. F. W. B. Conference Pastor of The Year

-         1996 Northeast O. F. W. B. Conference Pastor of The Year

-         1986 Pitt/Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Law Enforcement Officer of The Year

-         Received a Law enforcement Award from the Optimist Club of Greenville in May 1986 for outstanding service with youths

-         1986 & 1987 Boy Scouts of America Explorer Advisor of the Year

-         July 1991 received a Certificate of Recognition (plaque) for tireless efforts, hard work and commitment to fight against drugs and crime in the communities of the City of Greenville Housing Authority

-         Selected to deliver the address for East Carolina’s School of Social Work/Criminal Justice Commencement on December 6, 1991

-         Special Recognition:  He was honored by the (WITN – TV 7 News) on the segment “Transitions” for the work he did in the City of Greenville (Coordinated by Ms Sally Lewis, Anchor Person)

-         In 1993 he received a “Webber Seavey Award” on behalf of the Greenville Police Department from the “International Association of Chiefs of Police” for dedicated service under the “Police/Community Interaction Program” which he was the Program Coordinator.

-         He was featured in the “International Association of Chiefs of Police Magazine” October 1993 Issue and 1994 January Issue

-         He received a plaque from the Greenville Developmental Preschool Enrichment program for “Dedicated service of Six Years to the parents and pre-schoolers of the Pitt County Mental Health Center Programs” 1985 - 1991

-         February 18, 1993 he received a “Police Metal” from the Greenville Police Department as a visible testimonial, for an act involving grave personal danger in the intelligent performance of duty

-         Certificate for “Community Service” and “Spiritual Innovator” from the Minority Voice, Inc. “Black Achievement Award”

-         On April 20, 1995 he received a plaque at the 42^nd Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of the “Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.” for “Leadership in Promoting The Black Family Goal” in the area crime

-         He received a “Special Recognition Award” from the Eastern North Carolina Council On Substance Abuse September 2005

-         1997 American legion Post 39 “Officer of The Year”

-         November 1998 he received an “Appreciation Award” for nine years of dedicated years of service to the Housing Authority of The City of Greenville

-         He has received a “Advance Service Award” from the North Carolina Sheriff’s Education and Training Standards Commission

-         Certificate of Appreciation from the “Department of The Army Bravo Company (-) 1/119^th North Carolina National Guard” for “Extremely Helpful Support During Hurricane Floyd 1999