Graduation exercises for the 29th basic training class of the Caddo Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 22, in the banquet room at Summer Grove Baptist Church. Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator will serve as 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: John K. Berry, Reginald J. Bridges, Terry L. Brown Jr., Vanessa S. Dunkins, Brian C. Johnson, Katasha N. Jordan, Timothy B. King, Charles C. Middleton, Jeb B. Moser, Larry F. Pierce Jr., Curtis W. Samuels, Felisa N. Stokes, and Tyler S. Thomas, Caddo Sheriff's Office; Thurman J. Baptiste and David L. Dowden, Natchitoches Sheriff's Office; John A. Falcon, Sabine Sheriff's Office; Brandon P. Foster and Lee W. Peterson Jr., Red River Sheriff's Office; James R. Vidler, DeSoto Sheriff's Office; Jeremy R. Burton and Christopher J. Glass, Mansfield Police Department; and Carson L. Jordan, Coushatta Police Department.