Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College announced the graduation of 54 students who successfully completed program requirements in the Law Enforcement Skills Training Program during Summer Session 2009. A ceremony was held at the college on Saturday, July 12, with more than 400 people in attendance. This is the ninth group of students to participate in the Law Enforcement Skills Training Program at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.
Students completed the intensive hands-on training on July 11, 2009. The 500 hours of skill training is required of all individuals seeking careers as peace officers in Minnesota. Students complete classroom training prior to participating in the skills training program. After classroom and skills training, students are required to pass the Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board exam to become eligible for employment as a peace officer in Minnesota.
Skills training topics include: accident investigation, bombs and explosives, civil disturbance calls, mobile field force, crimes in progress response, domestic violence investigation and intervention, drug interdiction, DWI detection and standardized field sobriety testing, emergency vehicle operations, radar enforcement, traffic stops, crime scene investigation, gang education, drug and controlled substance investigations, report writing, aerosol chemical weapons and chemical agents, pressure point control tactics, and firearm training.
The Law Enforcement Program at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College has an enrollment of more than 250 students each year, making it one of the most popular programs offered at the college, and one of the largest Law Enforcement training programs in Minnesota.
The following students successfully completed the Law Enforcement Skills Program at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College:
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Barnum
Nathaniel Collelo
Matthew Schultz
Brooklyn Park
Emily Marie Cornelius
Carlton
Erik James Aili
Cass Lake
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Delmar Jones, III
Cloquet
Charles Anderson
Eric Anderson
Kerrie Rae Sorenson
Nicholas Edward Stein
Emily Kym Zakowitz
Cottage Grove
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Sean Hollencamp
Cumberland, WI
Patrick Cifaldi
Detroit Lakes
George Pederson
Duluth
Daniel Elnes
Eric Filiatrault
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Scott Garrick
Ryan Holmquist
Meghann Ruth Jones
Kevin Kopel-Anderson
Mikayla Marie LeRette
Steven Lindbeck
Elizabeth Shirley Lindstrom
Shannon McCafferty
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Shantel Marie Roeber
Cord Anthony Timo
Kyle Joseph Voltzke
Mark Dale Zimmerman
Elk River
Karl Paulson
Esko
Dominick Slade Schmitz
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Finlayson
Nicholas Alexander Okun
Grand Rapids
William David Schoonmaker
Hermantown
Andrew Craig Greeman
Edwin John Stresow
Hinckley
Joshua Matson
Isanti
Brandon Smith
Lakeville
Roger Michael Ruefenacht
Mayer
Heather Elizabeth Schendel
McGregor
Miles Bruggman
Moose Lake
Shane Hegarty
Proctor
Bryan James Hildre
Michael McKean
Rochester
Marshall Brandon Titus
Rush City
Katherine JoAnne Saumer
Sapulpa, OK
Justin Len Brown
Shoreview
Chad Andrew Wilson
Silver Bay
Thomas John Sandstrom
St. Cloud
Drew Jensen
Superior, WI
Paul Hammer
Nathan John Madsen
Twig
Leif Sawyer Chilman
Two Harbors
Sean Alan Jones
Timothy Luoma
Christopher Allen Platcek
Zachary Charles Trieschmann
