The Christian County Sheriff’s Office will be welcoming a new deputy after he recently completed the basic training academy with The Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
According to a news release, the graduates received 800 hours of recruit-level instruction over 20 weeks. Major training areas include patrol procedures, physical training, vehicle operations, defensive tactics, criminal law, criminal investigations, cultural awareness, bias related crimes and tactical responses to crisis situations. Johnny Colon graduated with an Educating Heroes Associate’s Degree and will be coming to the Christian County Sherriff’s Department.
Governor Andy Beshear says, “Your graduation today from the Department of Criminal Justice Training makes you part of a special group of brave men and women heroes who have answered the call to serve. Thank you for wearing the badge of honor to make our communities stronger, our streets safer and our nation more secure.”