The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is pleased to announce the graduation of its 356th 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. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training would like to invite you to join us in observing the ceremony and congratulating Basic Police #BP356 on their successful completion of basic training. The graduation will be held at the Oregon Public Safety Academy at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE in Salem, Oregon on Friday, May 13, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. with a reception immediately following the graduation. Chief Jason Schermerhorn, of the Cannon Beach Police Department, will be the guest speaker. 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. Reception immediately following. Graduating members of BP356 stationed on the Oregon Coast: Police Officer Ryan Bambrick, Lincoln City Police Department; Police Officer Shane Henderson, Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Tribal PD; Police Officer Jodi Symonds, Cannon Beach Police Department.
