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| Ermagherd, 10 Mirrimerter!  |
Our youngest just graduated from the WV State Police Academy. All sworn officers in WV now go through this 16 week program. They stay at the academy all week, and get to come home Friday night thru Sunday. Luckily he lives 10 minutes from the academy, but a lot of these young men & women had very long drives home to see their loved ones. C R Carter, 2nd from the left in the front row , was class Valedictorian from over 60 graduates, the class started with over 90, so definitely not an easy undertaking. He is now a Deputy with the Kanawha County Sheriffs Dept. He is also a United States Marine , serving in a reserve Infantry unit. Married with an 8 month old daughter, and a new home owner, it’s hard to overstate how proud we are of him.  I quit school in elementary because of recess.......too many games --Riff Raff-- | ||
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Congratulations! Good looking bunch to carry the torch! Retired Texas Lawman | |||
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Tell your Son CONGRATS, Semper Fi and to stay safe! I hope those old dudes in the back row are instructors and not recruits!  ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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Congratulations and tell him to be safe! I’m in my 27th year of LE and will retire in February. Hopefully he can have a long and safe career too! And Semper Fi to my fellow Marine! Steve "The Marines I have seen around the world have, the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps." Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945 | |||
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Congrats to your son! Tell him to stay safe and welcome to the shitshow!  . | |||
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That’s some great news all-around, congratulations! | |||
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Looking good! Congratulations. | |||
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Congrats and may he stay safe. Because son, it is what you are supposed to do. | |||
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Congratulations!!! Niech Zyje P-220 Steve | |||
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That is awesome! Congratulations! Phone's ringing, Dude. | |||
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Congrats!!!! | |||
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Congratulations and best wishes. May the good Lord watch over him and keep him safe. | |||
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Congrats to you and him. A very challenging, rewarding and honorable career. 'I am the danger'...Hiesenberg NRA Certified Pistol Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Life Member | |||
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Congrats. So they all train as a state policeman?, but then go on to different agencies? Or is the State the only agency to do LE training? When I was a cop in NC the SHP only took in future troopers, the community college system did the Basic Law Enforcement Training for deputies and city cops. Which all had different standards as how they administered the state required course. Some didn’t do PT, some didn’t have them wear uniforms, some had the whole enchilada- the one I went to did. 0600 pt 0800 classes begin Marching, pt between classes, demerits, weight training, food intake watching, grappling, boxing, shooting, etc We had 45 guys start and something like 18 finish. Those that found it too harsh dropped out and tried to pass in neighboring counties classes.we had one guy who wouldn’t shower after pt bc he didn’t want to get naked in front of everyone else-males had gang showers (females didn’t). I saw him later in my career and just chuckled bc he was trying his hardest to come across as a tough guy but we called him pig pen. The one good thing about ours was by week 4-if you couldn’t past the physical test you got bounced after one more try the next day. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Congratulations to your grandson, but also to you and his parents. Best wishes for a rewarding career. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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Congratulations to him and you; you are rightfully proud. God bless him for serving both his community and his country! Regards From Sunny Tucson, SigFan NRA Life - IDPA - USCCA - GOA - JPFO - ACLDN - SAF - AZCDL - ASA "Faith isn't believing that God can; it's knowing that He will." (From a sign on a church in Nicholasville, Kentucky) | |||
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Congratulations. You should be very proud. What is his class number? I was a WV grad the 93rd class in 1996. We had 44 in the class. There was a mixture of City, Sheriff Deputies, Game commission and University officers. I believe its great the way Wv does all the training at the State Police Academy all are trained equally with the same techniques. In Wv we rely on other departments on assistance and it helps everyone is trained the same. _______________ NRA Life Member | |||
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| Ermagherd, 10 Mirrimerter! |
His class was 199. Wasn’t sure how long they have been doing it this way , but there have been classes at other agencies in the past I’ve heard. But I think the legislature mandates all sworn officers go through here now. There were cadets from the eastern panhandle which is a 4-5 hour drive.
I quit school in elementary because of recess.......too many games --Riff Raff-- | |||
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| Ermagherd, 10 Mirrimerter! |
I quit school in elementary because of recess.......too many games --Riff Raff-- | |||
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What firearms do the Kanawha County Sheriffs Dept Carry now days? _______________ NRA Life Member | |||
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