CLARKSVILLE, TN – On Oct. 1, six Clarksville Police officers graduated from the 12-week basic police school, Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy.
They were hired on June 7 and completed five weeks of in-house training before attending the academy. The recently graduated officers will complete three weeks of post academy in-house training before hitting the streets with their field training officers around Oct. 25. The FTO program consists of three phases, for a total of 14 weeks. After successful completion of the FTO program, they will be assigned a patrol shift.
They include Shawn Galvin, Emily Ventura, John Gonzalez, Nathan Eaton, Stephen Salazar and Matthew Hensley.
Galvin received the “Casey-Fowler-Williamson Leadership Award.” Galvin served as the class leader for the first 10 weeks of the academy and was chosen by the TLETA instructors to receive this award based on the leadership skills displayed.