 November 29, 2003
Recruits completed 14 weeks
of rigorous physical training and challenging academics to graduate.
Recruits with the Alaska State Troopers will continue their training
for an additional three weeks; covering information which is
specific to the Troopers. They will then be assigned to field
training in Fairbanks, Soldotna or Palmer (see list below). In
addition to training recruits for the Department of Public Safety
the academy also trains municipal police officers from around
the state, Village Public Safety Officers, students from the
University of Alaska law enforcement program, Civil Air Patrol
cadets, State Fire Marshals, Military Security, Airport Police,
and others.  Members of the graduating class: Chris Peabody Ketchikan PD Elias Joven Juneau PD Jared Meyer Soldotna PD Alan Nickell Seward PD Kevin Baker AST/Palmer Josh Bentz AST/Fairbanks Shayne Calt AST/Palmer Jason Carpenter AST /Palmer Henry Ching AST/Fairbanks Michael Cresswell AST/Soldotna Matthew Cunningham AST/Fairbanks Elizabeth Haddad AST/Soldotna Marc Hendrickson AST/Palmer Michael Henry AST/Soldotna James Kimura AST/Palmer Preston Kroes AST/Palmer Arturo Lincon AST/Palmer Aaron Mobley AST/Fairbanks James Norton AST/Fairbanks Gregory Pealatere AST/Palmer James Wilcox AST/Fairbanks Michael Zweifel AST/Palmer Jeffrey Duhrsen AST/Palmer John Rhyshek AST/Palmer-Big Lake Steven Belanger DPS/Fire Prevention Jason Dollarhide Kotzebue PD Roger Frierson Haines PD Jose Garcia Soldotna PD Matthew Putney Kodiak PD Kevin Richards Sitka PD Zac Schasteen Unalaska PD Justin Mitchell USCG/Kodiak
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