Graduation exercises for the 26th basic training class of the Caddo Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy will take place at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 8, at Summer Grove Baptist Church. Lt. Col. Thomas Miner, commander of the 2nd Security Squadron at Barksdale AFB, 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: Carl Bradley, Jonathon Bradley, Marcus Clark, John Cox, Roy Davis, Joshua Holley, Vandrez Johnson, Consuelo Lawrence Fuller, Megan McWaters, Keith Morgan, Esthman Newman, Thomas Polk, Perseus Pugh, Ryan Raynes, Wilford Ross, Joseph Sanders, Roosevelt Tadlock, Zachery Thomas, and Jonathan Williams, Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office; Cody Bailey, Dereck Johnson, and Justin Taylor, DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office; Roderick Johnson and D.E. Evans, Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office;Lanita Lars, Office of Juvenile Justice;Lamar Sjouwke and Christopher Smith, United States Air Force; and Darrell Spencer, Grambling Police Department.