The Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) is pleased to announce 29 officers, from 16 Nevada agencies, will accept their peace officers’ oath as POST Academy Class 2025-03.

The graduation ceremony will highlight Lyon County Sheriff Brad Pope, 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 29 graduates.

The ceremony will be held on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. at LifeChurch, which is located at 1600 Snyder Avenue, Carson City.

The Category I POST Academy is 716 hours of intensive peace officer training over 18 weeks.

The following 29 graduates’ agencies that will be accepting the oath are:

Carson City Sheriff’s Office
Churchill County Sheriff’s Office
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Elko County Sheriff’s Office
Elko Police Department
Eureka County Sheriff’s Office
Fallon Police Department
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
Lyon County Sheriff’s Office
Mesquite Police Department
Nevada Department of Wildlife
Nevada Division of State Parks
Nye County Sheriff’s Office
Pershing 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 refer to http://www.post.nv.gov.

The graduation event is sponsored by LifeChurch.


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