Twelve students from the Savannah Technical College Peace Officer Academy celebrated graduating from the program with a completion ceremony Friday.
The two women and 10 men have completed coursework containing the entire Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.) Basic Law Enforcement Training Course. Their successful completion of the program qualifies them to be state-certified peace officers.
This is the 15th group of students to complete the program since its inception in 2009. To date, the program has graduated 220 P.O.S.T.-certified officers. Many candidates are in various stages of the application process with statewide agencies. Thirteen candidates were hired area police departments recently. Savannah Tech's Peace Officer Academy has a 98 percent placement rate.
Each cohort selects a fallen officer for whom the graduating class will be named. The cohorts have a tradition of giving the family of the fallen officer a challenge coin dedicated to the officer. A challenge coin is a symbol of an unbreakable bond of dedication and allegiance among military personnel and law enforcement officers. The challenge coin tradition started as a military tradition in World War I and was later adopted by law enforcement.
This cohort elected to honor Lt. Dana Strickland of the Richmond Hill Police Department. He lost his battle with cancer on February 7, 2014. He is survived by his mother, his wife Bernadette, and two step children.
“Today means a lot, not just to me, but to everyone,” said class sergeant Skylar Strickland. “We get to go out and start our career. We put a lot of work here at the academy, so it just feels really great to be done and get ready to start on our jobs.”
The Basic Law Enforcement Technical Certificate of Credit provides students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to become competent law enforcement officers. The 18-week cohort program utilizes classroom instruction pertaining to criminal justice theory and the prevailing principles of modern law enforcement, as well as practical application of pertinent enforcement skills. College coursework contains the entire Georgia Peace Officers Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.) Basic Law Enforcement Training Course so that successful completion of the program will qualify the student to be a state-certified peace officer.
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12 students graduate from Peace Officer Academy
Author: WTOC Staff ComeFrom:WTOC Date:2014/10/14 1:07:30 Hits:1718
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