The Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) has announced 24 from 14 Nevada agencies will accept their peace officers’ oath as POST Academy Class 2026-02 on Thursday, Nov. 19 at a ceremony in Carson City.
The graduation ceremony will highlight Chief Kevin McKinney as the keynote speaker along with POST Executive Director, Michael Sherlock. Academy Commander Dan Nolan, Commission on POST, will administer the peace officers’ oath for all twenty-four graduates.
The ceremony will be held on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026 at p.m. at Hope Ridge Church, located at 1600 Snyder Avenue, Carson City.
The Category I POST Academy is 730 hours of intensive peace officer training over 18 weeks. The following 24 graduates’ agencies that will be accepting the oath are:
Carson City Sheriff’s Office
Carlin Police Department
Churchill County Sheriff’s Office
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Elko County Sheriff’s Office
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
Lander County Sheriff’s Office
Lyon County Sheriff’s Office
Lyon County Juvenile Probation
Mesquite Police Department
Mineral County Sheriff’s Office
Nye County Sheriff’s Office
White Pine County Sheriff’s Office
Winnemucca Police Department
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 see http://www.post.nv.gov
This event is sponsored by Hope Ridge Church.
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