Deputies, Fire Investigator Graduate From Regional Police Academy

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CANTON, GA -- Five deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office and a fire investigator with Cherokee Fire and Emergency Services graduated Friday from the Cherokee County Regional Police Academy.

Deputies Christian Nelms, Kurtz Garfield, Dakota Lyvers, Andrew Hendrix, Michael Mistretta and Investigator Cheri Collett 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 Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) 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 is the 11th class to graduate from the Roger D. Garrison Law Enforcement Training Center since it opened in late 2013 in Canton.

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Photo: from left to right, Sheriff Roger Garrison, Deputies Christian Nelms, Kurtz Garfield, Dakota Lyvers, Andrew Hendrix, Michael Mistretta and Investigator Cheri Collett. Credit: Cherokee Sheriff's Office