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The Madisonville Police Department had four recruits graduate from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Basic Training Academy Thursday.
Officers Christopher Gunther, Quincy Morris, Mason Wickham and Austin Young were among the 31 graduates from agencies across the commonwealth.
Officer Gunther received the Coordinator’s Award at graduation and Officer Morris received the Firearms Proficiency Award.
The class completed 20 weeks of training, which consisted of 800 hours of recruit-level instruction. Major training areas included law offenses and procedures, vehicle operations, firearms, investigations, first aid and CPR, patrol procedures, orientation for new law enforcement families and the mechanics of arrest, restraint and control.