GNTC Basic Law Enforcement Academy graduates largest class
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Friends, family and the community gathered in the Conference Center at Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Gordon County Campus in Calhoun on Nov. 1 to honor 25 students graduating from Basic POST Certification Class #BPC1-2024-08.
The Basic POST Certification (BPC) program is designed to train and prepare graduates for employment as entry-level Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) certified police officers. The 11-week program is part of GNTC’s Law Enforcement Academy.
Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk, guest speaker at the ceremony, urged the graduates to consider whether they will be survivor officers who maintain the status quo, successful officers or significant officers who make a difference in the world.
“Go back to your community and your agencies and be part of the solution,” Sisk said. “Change starts here, and it starts with you.”
Jim Pledger, program director and instructor of GNTC’s Law Enforcement Academy, said the class is the largest in the program’s 16-year history.
Mason Allen served as the student speaker for the ceremony. Donald Summerville was presented with the “Top Gun” award for excellence in marksmanship, and Miles Brittsan received the Academic (Honor Graduate) Award for having the highest grade point average.
Graduates recited their Oath of Honor at the conclusion of the ceremony, vowing “On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. I will always uphold the Constitution, my community and the agency I serve.”
Graduates of GNTC’s #BPC1-2024-08 are Mason Allen, William Beach, Alan Black, Charles Blair, Miles Brittsan, Ethan Brock, Christopher Cline, Michael Cox, Karl Crane, Clayton Evans, Mark Lacoursiere, Eduardo Marrero, Gladys Martinez, Benjamin Mollohan, Rachel Ochoa, Jared Patterson, Jade Pitts, Jorge Robledo, Jose Noe Rodriguez, William Saenz Davila, Donald Summerville, Daisy Trujillo, David Weber, Preston Woodard and Charles Wright.
Black, Brittsan, Brock, Robledo and Woodard are employed by the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office; Lacoursiere, Patterson and Pitts are employed by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office.
Allen, Beach, Cline, Crane, Evans, Marrero, Ochoa, Rodriguez and Wright are employed by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office.
Mollohan is employed by the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office.
Blair, Cox, Martinez, Saenz Davila, Summerville, Trujillo and Weber are preservice.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College provides quality workforce education to the citizens of northwest Georgia. Students have the opportunity to earn an associate degree, diploma or a certificate in aviation, business, health, industrial or public service career paths. This past year, 12,241 people benefited from GNTC’s credit and noncredit programs. GNTC has an annual credit enrollment of 8,031 students and an additional enrollment of 4,210 people through adult education, continuing education, business and industry training and Georgia Quick Start. GNTC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate degrees. A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, as set forth in its student catalog, GNTC complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed or religion, national or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, age, political affiliation or belief, genetic information, veteran or military status, marital status or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law). Equity Coordinator, Title VI, Title IX, Section 504 and ADA Coordinator: Brittany Elrod.
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