Three West KY Officers among DOCJT Graduates

Thirty-three law enforcement officers from agencies across the state graduated Thursday from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training, including three from western Kentucky.

The western Kentucky officers are Dustin M. Bevil and Colin P. Kelly of the Murray Police Department, and Jaclyn T. Kliest of the Hopkinsville Police Department.

The graduates of Class 510 completed 20 weeks of training, which consisted of 800 hours of recruit-level instruction. Major training areas included law offenses and procedures, vehicle operations, firearms, investigations, first aid and CPR, patrol procedures, orientation for new law enforcement families and the mechanics of arrest, restraint and control.

Basic training is mandatory for Kentucky law enforcement officers to comply with the state’s Peace Officer Professional Standards Act of 1998. The Department of Criminal Justice Training provides basic training for city and county police officers, sheriffs’ deputies, university police, airport police and others.

The agency also provides in-service and leadership training for Kentucky law enforcement officers and public safety dispatch training.

Four recruits graduated additionally with an associate’s degree from the Educating Heroes program. Recruits participating in the program earned 45 college-credit hours for completing Basic Training Academy, and additionally completed 15 college-credit hours to earn an Applied Science associate’s degree. Degrees are earned online through a partnership with Bluegrass Community and Technical College.

The graduates of Class 510 and their agencies are:

CHANCELLOR ANTHONY
LEITCHFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
(COORDINATOR’S AWARD)

DUSTIN M. BEVIL
MURRAY POLICE DEPARTMENT
(MOST IMPROVED AWARD FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS)

ALEATHA R. BROWN
FORT MITCHELL POLICE DEPARTMENT

HUNTER L. CHRISTIAN
LIBERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT

SAMUEL T. DAVIDSON
BATH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

BENJAMIN K. ENNIS
ELIZABETHTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT

CODIE J. FORD
TOMPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
(OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN PHYSICAL FITNESS AWARD)

CAS S. GRASS JR.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
(EDUCATING HEROES GRADUATE)

DOMINIQUE J. GUEVARA
SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

RYAN H. HASHEMI
RADCLIFF POLICE DEPARTMENT

SHELLY JAMISON
ELIZABETHTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT

COLIN P. KELLY
MURRAY POLICE DEPARTMENT

JACLYN T. KLIEST
HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

NATHAN T. KLING
TAYLOR MILL POLICE DEPARTMENT

JACOB L. LASHLEY
SPENCER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

TANNER D. MILES
GALLATIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

TYLER N. MITCHAM
BRANDENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT

TEDDY B. NEWSOME
LOUISA POLICE DEPARTMENT

EVAN W. NEWTON
RADCLIFF POLICE DEPARTMENT
(EDUCATING HEROES GRADUATE)

JAMES NORRIS
LETCHER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

JORDAN C. NORRIS
TAYLOR MILL POLICE DEPARTMENT

TRENT M. O’HARA
BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

BRYAN J. PESIS
MEADE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

JOSHUA W. PUCKETT
CYNTHIANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
(EDUCATING HEROES GRADUATE)

WILLIAM J. PURDOM
LEBANON POLICE DEPARTMENT

JACOB ROGERS
STANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

NEIL F. ROSE
SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
(ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND RECRUIT OF DISTINCTION AWARD)

WILLIAM B. RUDD
OWINGSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

NATHAN M. STINCHCOMB
WEBSTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

MICHAEL T. TERRELL
BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

JALEN K. THOMAS
CYNTHIANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
(EDUCATING HEROES GRADUATE)

GARY WHALEY
SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

HOSEA S. WHITAKER
LETCHER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

The Department of Criminal Justice Training is a state agency located on Eastern Kentucky University’s campus. The agency is the first in the nation to be accredited under the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies’ public safety training program designation. DOCJT also earned accreditation through the International Association for Continuing Education and Training in 2013.