Safety 88 Class 2 Graduated December 9, 1988 as part of the High Sierra Law Enforcement Academy

RENO NEVADA POLICE SAFETY 88 CLASS-2
Twenty-three Reno Police Department rookies will hit the streets next week with training officers after graduation from the High Sierra Law Enforcement Academy Friday night, December 9, 1988. They will spend 14 weeks learning through their training officer and on the job training. 

The new officers are the second group of officers to be trained to take the 88 new positions voters approved in the tax override election last spring. Twenty-five officers who had previous  law enforcement experience which allowed the path to certification to shortened were hired soon after the election.

The Safety 88 Class-2 is the first Reno Police recruits to be completely trained through the High Sierra Law Enforcement Academy affiliated with the Truckee Meadows Community College. The 12-week training program is designed to satisfy the Nevada Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) needed to be employed as a police officer in the State of Nevada. 

Another group of 25 aspiring officers will start the 12-week training course in early January 1989. The academy is based at Truckee Meadows Community College. Eight new deputies for the Washoe County Sheriff's Department and one new officer for the Reno-Sparks Tribal Colony also received their badges Friday night. The new Reno police graduates will go through another 14 weeks of field training, doubling up with senior officers, said Sgt. Greg Dion, community affairs officer. Washoe County District Attorney Mills Lane gave the keynote address at the graduation ceremonies at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks. 

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