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KSP Post 1 Graduates First Citizens Police Academy Class

Date of News Release: 12/21/2009

Top Row Left to Right: Derek Muscovalley, David Via, David Dick, Ed Richard, Charles Gibson
Middle Row: Tpr. Dean Patterson, Andrew Letcher, Chase Page, Bourke Mantle, Larry Webb
Bottom Row: Angie Wheaton, Allyson Tatman, Phyllis Niemi, Celia Brewer, Dianne Gibson, Linda Nelson

(Mayfield, Ky.) -- On Tuesday, December 15th, Kentucky State Police in Mayfield graduated its first participants of the Citizen's Police Academy. The graduation ceremony was held at Graves County Central Elementary School. Sixteen people completed the academy which included in depth discussions of the day to day practices of the Kentucky State Police. The ten week academy began on October 6th. Student took part in practical crime scene exercises, traffic stop scenarios, and each participated in a ride-a-long with a trooper for a shift. The sixteen graduates represented communities in Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, Lyon, and Marshall Counties. It is the goal of the Kentucky State Police to conduct future academies on a yearly basis.