More men and women will be keeping the peace on area streets
By: Nikki Henderson
Updated: November 26, 2012
The commencement will be held 4 p.m. in the banquet room at Summer Grove Baptist Church.
More than 30 graduates will participate in a special ceremony where family and friends assist them with pinning on their badges.
The officers received up to 360 hours of training in areas such as patrol activities, investigations, firearms, first aid, and criminal justice.
Graduates of the Academy are:John Anderson, Alan Caroll, Obadiah Covington, Parker Crockett, Matthew Fox, Eric Greene, Earl Hawthorn, John Kay, Robert Lang, Britton LeBlanc, Jessica Mayer, Philip McEntyre, Adrian Rawls, Shawn Reed, Carolyn Speed, Alvin Slay, Jacques White, and William Worden, Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office; Andre Goodwin, DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office; Gregory Moore and Troy Murray, Red River Sheriff's Office; Matthew Sculthorpe, Sabine Parish Sheriff's Office.
Brandon Bean, Wesley Harrell, and Craig Vercher, Northwestern State University Police; Richard Duncan, Demarcus Evans, and Fred Jones, Mansfield Police; Tyler Gillis, Haughton Police; Steven Kennon, Sibley Police; Jeffery McNeil, Ringgold Police; Jeremy Rials, Greenwood Police; and Cornealous McSwain, Office of Juvenile Justice.

