Michael Sherlock, Executive Director
The Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, also known as POST, is pleased to announce 23 graduates, from 13 agencies, accepted their peace officers’ oath as POST Academy Class 2024-01.
The graduation ceremony highlighted Carson City Sheriff Kenneth Furlong as the keynote speaker along with POST Executive Director, Michael Sherlock. Training Division Chief Mike Hayhurst administered the peace officers’ oath for all twenty-three graduates.
The ceremony was held Thursday, May 9 at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City.
The Category I POST Academy is 655 hours of intensive peace officer training over 17 weeks. The following 23 graduates’ agencies that accepted the oath are:
7th Judicial District Court
Carson City Sheriff’s Office
Churchill County Sheriff’s Office
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Elko County Sheriff’s Office
Elko Police Department
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
Lyon County Sheriff’s Office
Mineral County Sheriff’s Office
Nevada Division of State Parks
Nye County Sheriff’s Office
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Police Department
Storey County Sheriff’s Office
The Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) is the regulatory agency for law enforcement training throughout the state and is responsible for the certification of the nearly 10,000 peace officers serving in over 130 criminal justice agencies in the state. NAC 289.010 thru NAC 289.380 and NRS 289.010 thru NRS 289.820 govern POST. For more information on POST refer to post.nv.gov.
