Graduation exercises for the 24th basic training class of the Caddo Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at Summer Grove Baptist Church. Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator will be the guest speaker.

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 320 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:

Sandy Finney Jr. and Nathan W. Perrault Sr., Caddo Sheriff's Office;

David R. Remedies, Patrick S. Rives, and Brian J. Toups, DeSoto Sheriff'sOffice;

Calvin L. Aaron Jr., Mansfield Police Department;

Kevin L. Ainsworth and Alexander S. Maldonado, Greenwood PoliceDepartment; 

Charles B. Allbritton, Jonathan A. Caliste, and Anthony J. Scaturro,Northwestern State University Police Department;

John W. Anderson and Jennifer L. Andrus, Minden Police Department; 

Thomas D. Bass, Oil City Police Department;

Todd C. Carlisle, Probation & Parole;

Russell K. Carter, Steven Durr, Tracy L. Hill, Monica King, Carl J. Liddell Jr.,and Jonathon C. Rosson, Bossier City Police Department; 

Gregory L. Coleman, David Augusta Jones Jr., and Anthony G. Murphy, LSU Medical Center Police Department;

Howard Evans Jr., Zwolle Police Department;

Nicholas v. Gallo and Daniel T. James Jr., U.S. Air Force Military Police;

Anthony I. Johnson, Shreveport City Marshal;

Joel T. Kendrick, Minden Police Department;

Charles F. Sebastian Jr., Stonewall Police Department; 

Robin R. Swearengin, Jonesboro Police Department.