Over 90 Newly Certified Officers Graduate June 23 from TLETA

NASHVILLE –  Over 90 newly certified law enforcement officers will graduate from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) at 11 a.m. Friday, June 23, 2017 during a ceremony to be held at Hermitage Hills Baptist Church (3475 Lebanon Pike, Hermitage, TN).

“These graduates have chosen a challenging yet rewarding career in which they will protect the communities where we live and work,” said TLETA Director Brian Grisham. “TLETA strives to prepare and equip its students to excel in any police department or sheriff’s office in the state. I commend the students of Basic Police School Class 1821 for their commitment, dedication, and accomplishments.”

TLETA’s Basic Police School course provides technical and tactical expertise in addition to the ethical and professional standards of law enforcement necessary for success. The newly certified officers will join thousands of law enforcement officers who have studied at TLETA. As Tennessee’s premier law enforcement training facility, TLETA has trained over 19,000 cadets during Basic Police School classes and over 53,000 students during its more than 1,700 specialized schools.

Graduates of Basic Police School Class 1821 will serve the following police departments (PD), sheriffs’ offices (SO), and state agencies:

Bledsoe Co. SO, Carthage PD, Cheatham Co. SO, Clarksville PD, Collierville PD, Columbia PD,

Dickson Co. SO, Dickson PD, Dyersburg PD, Fayetteville PD, Franklin Co. SO, Franklin PD, Gallatin PD, Germantown PD, Hamblen Co. SO, Hendersonville PD, La Vergne PD, Lawrence Co. SO, Lebanon PD, Lewisburg PD, Madison Co. SO, Marion Co. SO, Marshall Co. SO, Maury Co. SO, McMinnville PD, Metro Nashville Airport Public Safety, Murfreesboro PD, Perry Co. SO, Pulaski PD, Rutherford Co. SO, Selmer PD, Sequatchie Co. SO, Smyrna PD, Sparta PD, Spring Hill PD, Springfield PD, Stewart Co. SO, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tipton Co. SO, Tennessee State Parks, Trenton PD, Tullahoma PD, Warren Co. SO, Wartburg PD, Waverly PD, and Williamson Co. SO.

Gallatin Police Chief Donald Bandy will be the graduation speaker.

Guests should use the parking lot located on Juarez Drive directly across from Hermitage Hills Baptist Church. (This is the only lot to be used for the graduation.) Entrance to the church is directly across the street. Please enter through the church’s main entrance.

The next Basic Police School class begins July 9, 2017.

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