Paducah police recruits graduate basic training academy

Several Paducah police officers recently graduated from basic training academy.

Twenty seven recruits including Paducah police officers Carlos M. Cardero, Jackson C. McCormick, and Samantha M. Wilson graduated from the Department of Criminal Justice Training with class 525 on Thursday. 

The group of graduates received 800 hours of recruit-level instruction over 20 weeks.

Major training areas included patrol procedures, physical training, vehicle operations, defensive tactics, criminal law, traffic and DUI, firearms, criminal investigations, cultural awareness, bias related crimes, and responses to crisis situations.

The DOCJT provides basic training for all levels of law enforcement across the state, only excluding the Louisville Metro Police Department, Lexington Police Department, Bowling Green Police Department, and the Kentucky State Police.