Graduation exercises for the 35th basic training class of the Caddo Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at Summer Grove Baptist Church. 

Graduates will take the oath of office, receive their badges, and participate in a special ceremony where family and friends assist them with pinning on their badges for the first time.

Class participants received 360 hours or more of peace officer training in areas including law, patrol activities, traffic services, report writing, investigations, firearms, first aid, and criminal justice.

Graduates of the Academy are:  Thomas J. Brumit, Jerald M. Jones, Zachery C. McCormick, Derek E. Owen, and Rufus Porter Jr., Caddo Sheriff’s Office; Ernest R. Hawkins, George L. Knuckles, Xavian D. Marshall, Brent A. McCarty, Camp Minden Military Police; James B. Peel and Robert C. Stevenson, Office of State Parks; and John V. Hearnsberger, DeSoto Sheriff’s Office.