4 Deputies Graduate From Police Academy, Take Oath Of Office

CANTON, GA -- Four deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office graduated Friday from the Cherokee County Regional Police Academy.

Deputies Henry Castle, Jessica Solomon, Steven McClure and Brandon Jennings successfully completed 408 hours of police training over the past 11 weeks. The deputies are currently assigned to the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.

The four were sworn into service March 24 by Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds.

The Georgia Public Safety Training Center is responsible for the coordination of the delivery of training to all state public safety officers, job specific training programs for state agencies, advanced and specialized training for both state and local peace officers, chief executive training and supervisory and management training.

The Basic Mandate course, which is required to be a peace officer in Georgia, is an 11-week course which teaches the fundamentals of law enforcement.

This was the 16th session to graduate from the Roger D. Garrison Law Enforcement Training Center since it opened in late 2013.

Photo (left to right): Sheriff Frank Reynolds swears in deputies Henry Castle, Jessica Solomon, Steven McClure and Brandon Jennings following police academy graduation at the Cherokee County Administration Building in Canton. Credit: Cherokee Sheriff's Office