2025–Present
Founder & Principal · The Protection Academy
Directs online certification training, criminal-justice education, academy development, workforce initiatives, and custom programs for agencies, schools, and professional learners.
Founder · Instructor · Public Safety Educator
Jennifer F. PowellExperience on Every Side of Public Safety
Attorney, former prosecutor, former law-enforcement officer, curriculum developer, and security-training professional with more than 30 years of experience connecting law, policy, education, and real-world practice.
JPJennifer Powell · Founder & Principal
A Career Built to Protect and Prepare
Law Becomes Practical When Experience Leads.
Jennifer founded The Protection Academy to make rigorous public-safety and security education accessible to learners at every stage—from high-school students discovering career paths to working professionals completing required certification.
Her teaching is grounded in a rare combination of courtroom experience, patrol and investigative work, agency leadership, curriculum design, and decades in the classroom. Every program is designed to translate complex legal requirements into the judgment, confidence, and professional standards the work demands.
30+Years across law, law enforcement, education, and security
100sOf learners prepared for public-safety careers
80+Career pathways introduced through Law & Public Safety
DEState-certified security guard instructor
Professional Experience
From the Courtroom to the Classroom.
2011–Present
Criminal Justice Instructor · Polytech School District
Develops and teaches career-focused programs in criminal law, constitutional law, investigations, security operations, defensive tactics, and public-safety readiness.
2007–Present
Principal Consultant · Powell Justice Consulting
Advises government and public-safety stakeholders on criminal-justice policy, legislative analysis, curriculum development, and program evaluation.
1997–2003
Law Enforcement Officer · Broward County, Florida
Performed patrol, investigations, enforcement, and community-policing duties; served as an FDLE-certified instructor and subject-matter expert.
1994–1997
Assistant State Attorney · Florida
Prosecuted criminal cases through trial and served in supervisory and special-assignment roles, including environmental-crimes prosecution.
Credentials & Perspective
Prepared to Teach What the Work Requires.
Law & Justice
Juris Doctor, University of Miami School of Law; former prosecutor; criminal-law and constitutional-law educator; legislative and policy consultant.
Security & Investigations
Delaware Certified Security Guard Instructor, licensed armed security agent, former Class C Security Agency owner, and executive-protection trained professional.
Instruction & Curriculum
FDLE-certified instructor, Delaware Criminal Justice Technology Instructor, national curriculum advisory-board member, and experienced online-learning developer.
Beyond the Academy
Safety Education for Women and Their Loved Ones.
Stand By Me Security is Jen's broader platform for practical personal-safety education, violence prevention, and resources designed to help people protect what matters most.
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