PIERRE, (KCCR) — The 203rd Class of the South Dakota Law Enforcement Training Academy is set to graduate today in Pierre. The recruit officers come from 24 state, Tribal and local law enforcement agencies who have completed the 13-week, 520 hours of coursework needed to become certified, fully qualified law enforcement officers in the state. The course work includes instruction in the law, arrest control tactics, firearms, vehicle handling and investigations. Among the graduates include new Dewey County Sheriff’s Deputy Bailey Keller; Chamberlain Police Officer Zacharry Bolyard; Pierre Police Officers Morgyn Taylor and Sydney Zuber and Winner Police Officer Brian Flores. Other departments include the Avon, Brookings, Deadwood, Gregory, Mobridge, Rapid City, Spearfish, Sturgis, Tea and University of South Dakota Police Departments. Sheriff Offices in Edmunds, Grant, Lawrence, Pennington and Union Counties and one Highway Patrol Trooper, four Game, Fish and Parks conservation officers and seven officers from the Rosebud and Oglala Sioux law enforcement agencies. Graduation will be held at Larkspur Landing in Pierre.
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