August 2009 - Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

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Lt. Herb Booth, Sgt. Garry Clark and Lt. Greg Davis.
Booth, Clark, Davis among 20
DOCJT Police Supervision graduates
Law enforcement officers from 16 agencies
across the commonwealth were
recognized at a graduation ceremony July
31 for completing the Kentucky Department
of Criminal Justice Training’s
Academy of Police Supervision.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Law
Enforcement Division lieutenants Greg
Davis of the Fifth District and Herb
Booth of the Eighth District, along with
Sergeant Garry Clark of the First District
were among the graduates.
APS, also called the sergeant’s academy,
is a three-week, 120-hour training
program targeted for newly promoted sergeants
or officers who are on their agency’s
promotion list to become sergeants.
“I didn’t always get what leadership
was… but finally, now today, I can tell
you the definition of leadership is rather
simple,” said Fayette County Sheriff Kathy
Witt, who served as guest speaker for the
ceremony. “…To be a leader you have to
accept the call of what God requires all of
us to do – to act justly and fairly to your
neighbor and fellow man, to have compassion
and to be loyal.”
While in APS, students participate in
classes focusing on the role of a supervisor,
as well as leadership, resolving conflict,
managing diversity, monitoring officer
performance, professional image, legal
issues for supervisors, ethics, interpersonal
communication, effective written communication,
making decisions, solving problems,
managing critical incidents, public
speaking, emotional survival, budgeting,
media relations and others.
“I believe leadership … requires us
to maintain our character and integrity. It
requires us to inspire and motivate others,”
Witt said.
The graduating class is the 33rd to
complete APS since the program began
in 2003.
Owensboro Police Department Sgt.
David M. Powell was chosen as class
speaker.
APS is a stepping stone to the Department
of Criminal Justice Training’s
Criminal Justice Executive Development
program, which is a five-week advanced
leadership course offered once a year for
supervisors at Kentucky’s small and medium-size
law enforcement agencies. Potential
CJED students must rank sergeant
or above and be selected by a committee to
take part in the course.
The Department of Criminal Justice
Training is a state agency located on
Eastern Kentucky University’s campus.
The agency is accredited by the Commis-
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APS 33 GRADUATES
AND THEIR AGENCIES
Lt. Herb Booth, Kentucky Department
of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Sgt. Brooke D. Borregard, Owensboro
Police Department
Sgt. Christopher D. Carpenter, Fort
Thomas Police Department
Sgt. Erik Wesley Caudill, Morehead
Police Department
Sgt. Garry D. Clark, Kentucky
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resources
Sgt. J.C. Courtwright, Danville Police
Department
Lt. Greg Davis, Kentucky Department of
Fish and Wildlife Resources
Sgt. Brian S. Eaves, Richmond Police
Department
Corporal Randall E. Greene,
Hopkinsville Police Department
Sgt. Michael Keffer, Bowling Green
Police Department
Sgt. Michael S. Littlefield, Jefferson
County Sheriff’s Office
Sgt. Jason T. Morgan, Glasgow Police
Department
Sgt. David M. Powell, Owensboro Police
Department
Sgt. Thomas D. Schardein, Louisville
Metro Police Department
Sgt. Mac Slack, Radcliff Police
Department
Sgt. Jason B. Slone, Berea Police
Department
Sgt. Robert W. Stephens, Fayette
County Sheriff’s Office
Sgt. Bruce E. Turner, Louisville Metro
Police Department
Sgt. Rob K. Turner, University of
Kentucky Police Department
Corporal Chris Wolter, Daviess County
Sheriff’s Office
sion on Accreditation for Law Enforcement
Agencies and was the first accredited
public safety-training program in the
nation.
In 2006, the academy also became the
first law enforcement-training academy in
the nation to be designated as a CALEA
flagship agency.