Hawkeye Community College Criminal Justice Program

04/15/2026

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The William F. Mullikin Police Science Scholarship was awarded to Greysen Sadler for the spring 2026 semester. Greysen is a 2024 graduate from Hudson High School and will be completing the Police Science program at Hawkeye this May. After graduation he plans to continue his journey to the police academy with a long term goal of getting his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. Congratulations Greysen!

Marcia Mullikin established this scholarship to honor her husband after his untimely death, and came to campus to present the scholarship to Greysen.

02/25/2026

Thank you to all the departments who arrived on campus this morning to speak to our students!!!

02/25/2026

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02/13/2026

Attention Agencies: if you have not yet registered for our upcoming Criminal Justice Career Fair on Wednesday, Feb 25th, please do so ASAP as registration closes TODAY! Email program advisor, Brittany, at [email protected] or give her a call at 319-296-2320 ext. 1086 to get signed up!

02/12/2026

Congratulations Officer Ball - Hawkeye Graduate!!!

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02/06/2026

Registrations are coming in for our 4th Annual Criminal Justice Career Fair, which will be held on Wednesday, February 25th (see event flyer in comments below). If your agency did not receive an email invitation and would like one, please reach out to Brittany at [email protected] and she would be happy to send one your way! Registration is free but REQUIRED!

***Registration Closes 2/13/2026***

01/30/2026

Attention Agencies: Registration opened on 1/29/26 for the 4th Annual Criminal Justice Career Fair at Hawkeye Community College. If your agency did not receive an email invitation and would like one, please reach out to [email protected] and she would be happy to send one your way! Registration is free but REQUIRED. Thank you!

01/15/2026

The Belle Plaine Police Department is hiring!

We are a five-person department serving a population of 2335. We have one opening for a fulltime officer. Our Mayor and City Council are very supportive of us.

We provide all uniforms and equipment including external vest carriers and pay your ILEA training costs. The department
works 10- or 12-hour shifts and officers enjoy having every other weekend off.

We offer health, dental and vision insurance; IPERS retirement; ten paid holidays per year; two paid personal days per year; 40 hours of vacation after 90 days and goes up from there; ten paid holidays and two personal days per year. We have two SUV’s for patrol vehicles and will be getting a new SUV later this year.

Our pay scale is as follows:

Starting wage is $24.77/hour for non-certified officers.

ILEA graduates $29.08/hour.

$30.26 after one year.

$33.41 after two and one-half years.

We are looking for qualified candidates with a can-do team-player attitude. If this is you, please call, text, email or visit:

Kristopher Hudson, Chief of Police
Belle Plaine Police Dept.
1207 8th Avenue
Belle Plaine, IA 52208
(319) 444-2200 (city hall)
[email protected]
(319) 213-0525 cell

10/29/2025

08/22/2025

Hawkeye has a couple of graduates or former students in these pictures!!! Congratulations!!!!

08/12/2025

Two of our Graduates have been sworn into the Waterloo Police Department this week. Congratulations to Nate and Sead!!!

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Today was a special day for the City of Waterloo and our Police Department as Mayor Hart administered the oath of office to three of our newest officers this morning. Congratulations Officer Nathan Elliott, Officer Taylor McNamara, and Officer Sead Sabanagic!