It’s graduation day for the 39 recruits, representing 29 different law enforcement agencies, that make up South Dakota’s 200th Basic Law Enforcement Certification class.
Graduates completed 13 weeks and 520 hours of instruction in areas including law, arrest control tactics, firearms, vehicle handling and criminal investigations. The training program is taught by full-time staff from the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, along with adjunct instructors from law enforcement agencies across the state. The certification course, which began in 1960, is required for students to become fully qualified law enforcement officers in South Dakota.
Graduation speakers will be Gov. Larry Rhoden, Attorney General Marty Jackley, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Mike Rounds and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson.
The graduation ceremony begins at 10 a.m. CST at the Larkspur Landing Event Center (1908 N. Garfield Ave.) in Pierre.
Members of the 200th Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course and their law enforcement agency are:
- Kyle Brown, Mobridge Police Department;
- RickyLee Medina Medina, Mobridge Police Department;
- Nathan Dennis, Gettysburg Police Department;
- Andrew Bush, Lyman County Sheriff’s Office;
- Nathan Chambers, McPherson County Sheriff’s Office;
- Tate Fremo, Brule County Sheriff’s Office;
- Jamie Klein, Hyde County Sheriff’s Office;
- John Anderson, Brown County Sheriff’s Office;
- Jarett Armstrong, Brookings Police Department;
- Jeremiah Armstrong, Vermillion Police Department;
- Steve Berlanga, Jr., Union County Sheriff’s Office;
- Daniel Carlson, South Dakota Highway Patrol;
- Mattlock Christenson, Brookings County Sheriff’s Office;
- Keith Cowan, University of South Dakota;
- Ryan Del Rosario, Hot Springs Police Department;
- Garrett Douglas, Mitchell Police Department;
- Ryan Duprel, Belle Fourche Police Department;
- Johnathon Farmer, Turner County Sheriff’s Office;
- Daniel Fowler, Butte County Sheriff’s Office;
- Devin Harrison, Roberts County Sheriff’s Office;
- Christian Hanna, Mitchell Police Department;
- Brendan Holder, Brookings County Sheriff’s Office;
- Dirk Leis, South Dakota Highway Patrol;
- Joshua Livermore, Canton Police Department;
- James Lyon II, Custer County Sheriff’s Office;
- Justin McDaniel, Spink County Sheriff’s Office;
- Lilja McKendry, South Dakota Highway Patrol;
- Cody Rakow, State Game, Fish and Parks Department;
- Tyler Rasmussen, South Dakota Highway Patrol;
- Hunter Rice, Pennington County Sheriff’s Office;
- Bryant Rolfs, Scotland Police Department;
- Delilah Rouse, Yankton Sioux Tribe;
- Brendan Siers, Mission Police Department;
- Carter Spear, South Dakota Highway Patrol;
- Connor Swaney, South Dakota Highway Patrol;
- Sophia Touailat, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department;
- Roland Traveny, Pennington County Sheriff’s Office;
- Michael Woolridge, Brookings County Sheriff’s Office; and
- Edwin Young Jr., Rosebud Police Department.
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