Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to graduate 28 from academy

Event Date: 
May 16, 2018 - 10:00am

Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, also known as POST, is pleased to announce 28 graduates, from 18 Nevada agencies, will accept their peace officers’ oath as POST Academy Class 2018-01.

The graduation ceremony highlights Sheriff Ron Pierini, Douglas County Sheriff & POST Commission Chairman, as the keynote speaker along with POST Executive Director, Michael Sherlock. Sheriff Pierini will administer the peace officers’ oath for all 28 graduates.

The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 16, at 10 a.m. on the front lawn of POST Building 6, at the Stewart Facility; which is located at 5587 Wa Pai Shone Avenue, in Carson City.

The Category I POST Academy is 652 hours of intensive peace officer training over 17 weeks. The Category II POST Academy is 380 hours over 10 weeks in duration and is contained within the 17-week Category I academy. The following 28 graduates accepting the oath are:

Daniel A. Loyola
Kyle A. Smith
Joshua O. Valdes
Carson City Sheriff’s Office

Kelly M. Megee
Douglas County Juvenile Probation

Salvatore DeRosa
Colton Waggoner
Steven Warfield
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office

Aspyn L. Carroll
Elko County Sheriff’s Office

Andrew J. Kellum
Dean P. Pinkham
Elko Police Department

Zachary L. Nicholson
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office

Spencer D. Robert
Lander County Sheriff’s Office

Dathan P. Lewis
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office

Ramiro J. Soukup
Lovelock Paiute Tribal Police Department

Cole D. Crim
Lovelock Police Department

Christopher Gentine
Lyon County Juvenile Probation

Matthew J. Galvin
Richard C. Spencer
Lyon County Sheriff’s Office

Ray Gulcynski
Mineral County Sheriff’s Office

Aaron M. Cook
Brett T. Hartley
Daniel J. Wassmund
Nevada Division of State Parks

Dayton J. Hendricks
Jason S. Woodruff
Nevada Gaming Control Board

Alfredo Paredes-Nieto
Pershing County Sheriff’s Office

Christopher W. Parker
David F. Ranson
Storey County Sheriff’s Office

Aaron J. Brown
Winnemucca Police Department

The Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training is the regulatory agency for law enforcement training throughout the state and is responsible for the certification of the nearly 10,000 peace officers serving in over 130 criminal justice agencies in the state. NAC 289.010 thru NAC 289.380 and NRS 289.010 thru NRS 289.820 govern POST.

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