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IMMEDIATE                                                                                                                                                                                                APRIL 6, 2007

TWENTY-FOUR GRADUATE FROM 216th ABAC POLICE ACADEMY

TIFTON—Twenty-four individuals from the South Georgia area recently received certificates at graduation exercises for the 216th session of the South Georgia Police Academy Basic Mandate Class at Abraham Baldwin College.

Academy Director Ray Saxon said the Overall Achievement award for the session was awarded to Douglas H. Whiddon of the Bainbridge Department of Public Safety. Whiddon also received first place in Academic Achievement and served as president of the 216th session. Second place in Academic Achievement went to Phares A. Taylor, Sr., of the Albany Police Department.

First place in Firearms was awarded to Rodney D. Wells of the Albany Police Department.  Second place went to Jonathan D. Lee of the Albany Police Department.  

Other graduates included Deanna L. Cochran, Don R. Gandy, and Jason E. Godwin of the Adel Police Department; Dominic E. Figueroa, Jermaine R. Lewis, Phyllis D. Walters, Jarda M. Whitaker, and Erin E. Zupko of the Albany Police Department; Jared M. Boyd of the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office; Derrell A. Gilbert, Sr., of the Cuthbert Police Department; Humberto Dean of the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office; Christina L. Deese and Matthew D. Rose of the Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office and Dorothy J. Tucker of the Dougherty County Police Department..

Also graduating were Gary B. Hines of the Grady County Sheriff’s Office; Herbert E. Bennett and Justin M. Purvis of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office; Angela W. Hood of the Nashville Police Department; Benjamin L. Herring of Tifton, sponsored by the South Georgia Police Academy; and Ryan W. Vicars of Brookfield with the Department of Motor Carriers Compliance Division.

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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