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IMMEDIATE                                                                                                                                                                                    DECEMBER 16, 2004

TWENTY-THREE GRADUATE FROM 198TH ABAC POLICE ACADEMY

TIFTON—Twenty-three individuals from the South Georgia area recently received certificates at graduation exercises for the 198th Session of the South Georgia Police Academy Basic Mandate Class at Abraham Baldwin College.

Academy Director Ray Saxon said that Kent L. Coe of the Albany Police Department received the Overall Achievement Award for the 198th session. The Academic Achievement Award went to Matthew H. Holloway from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, with a tie for second place between Barry J. Josey of the Miller County Sheriff’s Office and Archie L. Tabor, III, of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office. Tabor also served as the president of the session.

The Firearms award went to James T. Pippin of the Valdosta Police Department. Arick J. Furr of the Albany Police Department finished second.

Other graduates included Christopher S. Black of the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office; Monroe N. Blevins, sponsored by the South Georgia Police Academy, from Fitzgerald; Kenneth K. Ellison of the Bainbridge Police Department; Michael A. Hernandez of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office; Cassandra L. Ingram from the Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office; William B. Johnson from the South Georgia Regional Airport; James B. Lane of the Valdosta Police Department; and Sean E. Lauderdale of the Valdosta State University Department of Public Safety.  

Other graduates included Kelvin T. Pickett of the Adel Police Department; Charles D. Searcy, Jr., of the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport; Tangella T. Shannon of the Albany Police Department; Anthony D. Simmons of the Albany Police Department; David Q. Stokes of the Albany Police Department; Kevin R. Stout of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office; John W. Taliaferro of the Albany Police Department; Lonnie C. Wade of the Colquitt Police Department; and Vincent R. Wadley of the Albany Police Department.

The South Georgia Police Academy regularly holds multi-week intensive training sessions designed to acquaint officers with state-of-the-art law enforcement techniques. The Academy operates in cooperation with the Division of Social Science at ABAC.

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