The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is pleased to announce the graduation of its 384th Basic Police Class. The Basic Police Class is 16-weeks in length and includes dozens of training areas including survival skills, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, ethics, cultural diversity, problem solving, community policing, elder abuse, drug recognition, and dozens of other subjects. Basic Police Class 384 will graduate at the Oregon Public Safety Academy at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE in Salem, Oregon on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. with a reception immediately following the graduation. Chief Heath Kula of Oregon Health Sciences University Police Department will be the speaker. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training would like to invite you to join us in observing the ceremony and congratulating Basic Police #BP384 on their successful completion of basic training. The graduating students appreciate the family, friends and guests who make graduation an appropriate conclusion to their basic training at the Oregon Public Safety Academy. Graduating members of BP384 from the South Coast: Deputy Sheriff Spencer Bell, Coos County Sheriff’s Office; Police Officer Zachary Carpenter, Bandon Police Department; Deputy Sheriff Levi Noel, Coos County Sheriff’s Office; Police Officer Andrew Perry, Port Orford Police Department.
