100th class of Academy of Police Supervision includes 24 graduates, including six from NKY

Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and the Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) announced that 24 law enforcement officers from agencies across the Commonwealth graduated the 100th class of the Academy of Police Supervision (APS).

“Thank you for accepting the challenge of leadership,” Lt. Gov. Coleman said. “To the graduates of class 100, you are now among the nearly 2,100 law enforcement leaders who have successfully completed this rigorous course. You are ready to take the skills you’ve learned and create safer communities. Thank you for your service and we pray for your safety daily.”

APS, also called the sergeant’s academy, is a three-week, 122-hour training program targeted for newly promoted sergeants or officers who are on their agency’s promotion list to become sergeants.

The academy was launched in 2003 as one of DOCJT’s leadership courses aimed at developing and shaping future and current leaders in law enforcement agencies across the Commonwealth.

The training program provides a deep dive into how to positively influence groups of people, as well as how to apply situational leadership, demonstrate an understanding of constitutional and administrative law, emotional and social intelligence, ethical decision-making, problem-solving, emotional survival and public speaking.

“The APS program is an invaluable first step in leadership training,” DOCJT Deputy Commissioner Mike Bosse said. “I am excited to see how you will take this knowledge back to your departments and use it to encourage and strengthen the ranks you lead.”

DOCJT is a state agency located on Eastern Kentucky University’s campus. The agency is the first in the nation to be accredited under the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies’ public safety training program designation.

APS Class 100 graduates and their agencies are:

Austen D. Anderson, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Dustin M. Bevil, Murray Police Department
Jeremy Bolton, Boone County Sheriff’s Office
Thomas Breitmeyer, Shively Police Department
Michael A. Coty, St. Matthews Police Department
Edward J. Dettmer IV, Erlanger Police Department
Robert Dieman, Campbell County Police Department
John E. Duncan, Scottsville Police Department
James A. Endicott, Covington Police Department
Marc Goetz, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Logan Henry, Boone County Sheriff’s Office
Hunter Hinton, Owensboro Police Department
David M. Ingle, Frankfort Police Department
Stephen Jordan Lyons, Versailles Police Department
Jennie McShane, Bowling Green Police Department
Ronald J. Overstreet, Nicholasville Police Department
Brian Powers, Covington Police Department
Mathew J. Rue, Nicholasville Police Department
Austin A. Smith, Elizabethtown Police Department
Bryan Richard Tipton, Prestonsburg Police Department
Spencer T. Turner, Christian County Sheriff’s Office
Shawn N. Wallace, Frankfort Police Department
Brandon Wallen, Georgetown Police Department
Paul C. Yezzo, Fayette County Sheriff’s Office

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