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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5056 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE AUGUST 5, 2005

TWENTY-ONE GRADUATE FROM 202nd ABAC POLICE ACADEMY

TIFTON—Twenty-one individuals from the South Georgia area recently received certificates at graduation exercises for the 202nd Session of the South Georgia Police Academy Basic Mandate Class at Abraham Baldwin College.

Academy Director Ray Saxon said that Jason A. Allen of the Dougherty County Police Department was the recipient of the Overall Achievement Award. Leonard C. Dunston of the Tifton Police Department earned first place in Academic Achievement. Second place went to Melissa L. McCulley of the Tifton Police Department.

First place for Firearms went to John C. Clifton of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office. Second place in Firearms was received by James M. Prothro of the Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office. Joe N. Henry, Jr. of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office was president of the session.

Other graduates included Adam R. Bembry, William J. Ehlert, and Tracie Y. Shedrick of the Dougherty County Police Department; and Claude M. Cook, III, Charles P. Pheil, Phillip E. Ritchey, and Kevin S. Stokes of the Cordele Police Department.

Other graduates were Raymond L. Devogt, sponsored by the South Georgia Police Academy, Bradley H. Johnson, and Cedric L. Montgomery of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office; Travis M. Kiser of the Valdosta Police Department; Brian L. Newman of the Ware County Sheriff’s Office; Jessica R. Stone of the Waycross Police Department; and Dominic A. Ford of the Thomasville 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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