Graduation exercises for the 31st basic training class of the Caddo Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the banquet room 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: Brandi Jo Nunnery, Magalene Marie Boykin, Robert Dakotah Durante, Christen Lauren Stephenson, and Christopher Dale Thomas, Caddo Sheriff’s Office; Jacob Tanner Matthews and Mark Aaron Mitchell, Sabine Sheriff’s Office; Edward Lee Cottle, Vivian Police Department; Laura Lee Cross, Mansfield Police Department; Robert Daniel Fain, Ringgold Police Department; Nathan Robert Firesheets and Leslie Wilson Santos, Zwolle Police Department; Leary Donell Frazier, Office of the State Fire Marshal; and Dallas Lias, Caddo Animal Services.