Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety
Public Information Office
Contact: Kimberly J. Evans
555 Wright Way
Carson City, Nevada 89711
(702) 687-1300 fax: (702) 687-6798
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 1998
NEWS FROM: Nevada Law Enforcement Academy 98-112
Law Enforcement Cadets Graduate
From Nevada Law Enforcement Academy
Friday will mark the culmination of three months of intense training for the
forty-three graduates of the Nevada Law Enforcement Academy. Graduation ceremonies will be
held Friday, April 24 at 2:00 pm in the Bob Boldrick Theatre in the Carson City Community
Center at 851 East Williams.
"This graduation ceremony marks the successful completion of fifteen weeks of
intense, live-in training and evaluation by the instructors of the Nevada Law Enforcement
Academy," said Dick Clark, Chief of the Training Division of the Department of Motor
Vehicles and Public Safety.
Academy Commander Dennis Kollar added, "These cadets will now return to their
respective law enforcement agencies to complete their department-specific training. They
will then be ready to begin their new careers as law enforcement officers."
Keynote speaker at Thursday's graduation ceremony is Chief Michael Murphy, Chief of the
Mesquite Police Department.
The Nevada Law Enforcement Academy is part of the Training Division of the Department
of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety. A complete list of graduates and their respective
agencies is attached.
Nevada Law Enforcement Academy Graduation, Add 1-1-1
Nevada Law Enforcement Academy
Category I
Class XX
- Adams, Dale Nevada Highway Patrol
- Almeida, Nathan Douglas County Sheriff/Coroner
- Baca, James Nevada Parole and Probation
- Bergman, Bradley Churchill County Sheriff's Office
- Bivens, Stephanie Nevada Parole & Probation
- Charlile, James Gaming Control Board
- Coles, Olin Nevada Highway Patrol
- Cox, David Nevada Highway Patrol
- Delaney, Tony Nevada Highway Patrol
- Diaz, Silvio Nevada Highway Patrol
- Dickinson, Jenine Nevada Division of Investigation
- Duffy, Robert Douglas County Sheriff/Coroner
- Field, Kevin Carson City Sheriff's Office
- Gamboa, Victor Nevada Division of Wildlife
- Geist, Michael Nevada Division of Wildlife
- Gibbs, Robert Nevada Highway Patrol
- Grayson, James Nevada Highway Patrol
- Hearne, Paul Nevada Division of Wildlife
- Hodge, Jason Nevada Highway Patrol
- Hunter, Graham Nevada Highway Patrol
- Kester, David Nevada Highway Patrol
- Koontz, Richard N. Yerington Police Department
- Landon, Travis D. Elko County Sheriff's Office
- Maynard, Michael Nevada Division of Wildlife
- McNeely, Patrick Nevada Highway Patrol
- Nielsen, C. Douglas Nevada Division of Wildlife
- Notar, Andy J. Yerington Police Department
- Olschlager, James Nevada Highway Patrol
- Osterman, Michael Nevada Highway Patrol
- Plunkett, John Nevada Division of Investigation
- Purdy, Kristy Nevada Division of Investigation
- Ramos, Ana Nevada Parole & Probation
- Reber, Darren Mesquite Police Department
- Salazar, Francisco, Jr. West Wendover Police Department
- Satterwhite, Kris Nevada Highway Patrol
- Simon, Scott M. Nevada Highway Patrol
- Sprague, Sean Nevada Highway Patrol
Nevada Law Enforcement Academy Graduation, Add 2-2-2
- Stauffacher, David Nevada Highway Patrol
- Teeuwen, Michael Nevada Highway Patrol
- Timms, Reginald Nevada Highway Patrol
- Waithman, Cameron Nevada Division of Wildlife
- Williams, Dean Carson City Sheriff's Office
- Wilson, Sayoko Nevada Highway Patrol
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