PIERRE South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley recently honored the 48 recruits who graduated Nov. 15 from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program in Pierre including Noah Smith and Easton Thury of the Brookings Police Department.
These recruits are now ready to serve their departments and communities, Jackley said. Thank you to them and their course instructors for their efforts.
The 48 recruits, who represent 34 different state and local law enforcement agencies, completed 13 weeks of 520 hours of course work. The certification course is required for the students to become fully qualified law enforcement officers in South Dakota.
Graduates are required to complete course work that includes instruction in the law, arrest control tactics, firearms, vehicle handling, and criminal investigations. The training program is taught by full-time staff from the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and adjunct instructors from law enforcement agencies from across the state.
Members of the 193th Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course and their law enforcement agency are:
Rogelio Aldana, Box Elder Police Department; Christopher Boorman, Rapid City Police Department; Mark Brooks, Box Elder Police Department; Sienna Conlon, Wagner Police Department; Jace Dasher, Rapid City Police Department; Avery Fenne, Tea Police Department; Keith Fitzgerald, Beadle County Sheriffs Office; Wambli Foster, Winner Police Department; Tanner Goss, Bennett County Sheriffs Office; Zachary Hackmann, Rapid City Police Department; Anna Hamelin, Summerset Police Department; Trevor Hanson, Meade County Sheriffs Office; Gunner Hanzel, Pennington County Sheriffs Office; Rebekah Htoo, Huron Police Department; Mitchell Jaeger, Spearfish Police Department; Andrew Jaffe, Sisseton Police Department; Travis Jimenez, Meade County Sheriffs Office; Thomas Keller, Mellette County Sheriffs Office; Malcolm LaFortune, Aurora County Sheriffs Office; Phillip Lane, Douglas County Sheriffs Office; Megan Matthews, Sioux Falls Police Department; Gage Mau, Deadwood Police Department; Riley McClanahan, Lyman County Sheriffs Office; William Merchen, Perkins County Sheriffs Office; Aaron Miller, South Dakota School of Mines Campus Police; Shane Miller, Aberdeen Police Department; Jordan Mogck, Yankton County Sheriffs Office; Pywe Moo, Huron Police Department; Timothy Morgan, Aberdeen Police Department; David Payne, Meade County Sheriffs Office; Ian Ramirez, Rapid City Police Department; Carl Rarick, University of South Dakota; Jamison Ries, Mobridge Police Department; Kylee Rinehart, Pierre Police Department; Briana Sarason, Rapid City Police Department; Tanner Schaefer, Yankton Police Department; Tristan Sippert, Dewey County Sheriffs Office; Brady Smith, Yankton Police Department; Noah Smith, Brookings Police Department; William Staton, Rapid City Police Department; Samantha Stiles, Davison County Sheriffs Office; Easton Thury, Brookings Police Department; Noah Tietsort, Custer County Sheriffs Office; Reese Tobin, Aberdeen Police Department; Grey Tracy, Tea Police Department; Trevor Walsh, Spearfish Police Department; Brandon Wolfe, Belle Fourche Police Department; and Steve Yeshulas, Rapid City Police Department.
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