The graduates of Class 473 completed 23 weeks of training, which consisted of 923 hours of recruit-level instruction. Major training areas included homeland security, 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.
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 – making it the nation’s only law enforcement training academy to achieve dual accreditation by two independent accrediting organizations.
Class 473 graduates and their agencies are:
Nathan E. Antle, Russell County Sheriff’s Office
Ethan C. Pike, Russell County Sheriff’s Office
James Ayres, Cincinnati/N. Kentucky Airport Police Department
Austin Battcher, Mt. Washington Police Department
Dustin Bickmeyer, Maysville Police Department
Tyler Brown, Elizabethtown Police Department
Detrick Cooper, Elizabethtown Police Department
Gerald Mark, Elizabethtown Police Department
Michael Mertz, Elizabethtown Police Department
Leah Newell, Elizabethtown Police Department
Justin Cooley, Maysville Police Department
Dalton Leet, Maysville Police Department
Michael Reese, Maysville Police Department
Justin Copeland, Mayfield Police Department
William Culver, Bardstown Police Department
Zachery Eagler, Florence Police Department
Joshua Koors, Florence Police Department
Conrad Gholson, Paducah Police Department
Nicholas Rolens, Paducah Police Department
Danny Slack, Paducah Police Department
Jacob Hartzel. Flemingsburg Police Department
Richard M. Johnson, Trigg County Sheriff’s Office
Stephen Johnson, Fayette County Sheriff’s Office
Jeffrey L. Lawler, Hart County Sheriff’s Office
Derek Padgett, Adair County Sheriff’s Office
Aaron Stephens, Daviess County Sheriff’s Office
Timothy Summers, Woodburn Police Department
