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The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is pleased to announce the graduation of its 390th 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 390 will graduate at the Oregon Public Safety Academy at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE in Salem, Oregon on Friday, August 9, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. with a reception immediately following the graduation.  Chief Ken Rueben of the Philomath 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 #BP390 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 BP390: Police Officer Andrew Becerra, Newport Police Department; Police Officer Bailey Goodwin, Florence Police Department; Deputy Sheriff Brian Kent, Coos County Sheriff’s Office; Deputy Sheriff Michael Smith, Coos County Sheriff’s Office; Deputy Sheriff Zachary Smith, Coos County Sheriff’s Office; Police Officer Jarett Villafane, Tillamook Police Department; Police Officer Keenan Walker, Florence Police Department; Police Officer Molly Wehrley, Lincoln City Police Department.