Gov. Beshear, Department of Criminal Justice Training Announce Twenty-three Officers Graduate from the Academy of Police Supervision

Gov. Beshear, Department of Criminal Justice Training Announce Twenty-three Officers Graduate from the Academy of Police Supervision

On August 27, Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) announced that 23 law enforcement officers from agencies across the commonwealth have graduated the Academy of Police Supervision (APS). APS, also called the sergeant’s academy, is a three-week, 122-hour training program targeted for newly promoted sergeants or officers who are on their agency’s promotion list to become sergeants.

“Thank you for rising up to the challenge of studying hard, taking a risk and signing up to serve in these leadership roles that are essential to not only your law enforcement agency, but our commonwealth,” said Gov. Beshear. “Our law enforcement officers help the entire commonwealth move forward to becoming the better Kentucky we all want for all of our people.”

APS was launched in 2003 as one of DOCJT’s illustrious leadership courses aimed at developing and shaping future and current leaders in law enforcement agencies across the commonwealth. The training program is a deep dive into how to positively influence groups of people, as well as how to apply situational leadership, demonstrate an understanding of constitutional and administrative law, emotional and social intelligence, ethical decision making, problem solving, emotional survival, and public speaking.

“APS Class 86 represents law enforcement agencies from every corner of the state and a variety of law enforcement types,” said DOCJT Commissioner Nicolai Jilek. “I’m proud to congratulate these leaders on earning their APS pin and encourage them to never stop learning.”

APS Class 86 graduates and their agencies are:

Sergeant Marc Kaiser
Bowling Green Police Department

Sergeant Adam Doss
Calloway County Sheriff

Sergeant Christopher Lauer
Campbell County Police Department

Deputy Sheriff Kevin Flora
Clark County Sheriff

Sergeant Justin Bradbury
Covington Police Department

Sergeant David Griswold
Covington Police Department

Sergeant Billy Rains
Cynthiana Police Department

Captain Lance Nosbusch
Dawson Springs Police Department

Lieutenant Robert Matthews
Franklin Police Department

Sergeant Douglas Ashley
Hazard Police Department

Sergeant Michael Brock
Independence Police Department

Sergeant Alesa Collinsworth
Independence Police Department

Supervisor Timothy Feltner
Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control

Sergeant Christopher Riggsby
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Park Ranger Kenna Burton
Kentucky Department of Parks - Ranger Division

Sergeant Jeffrey Hardin
McCracken County Sheriff

Sergeant Paul Thomas
Morehead Police Department

Sergeant Jonathan Payne
Northern Kentucky University Police Department

Sergeant Courtney Yerington
Owensboro Police Department

Sergeant Steven Thompson
Paducah Police Department

Sergeant Zachary Mayfield
Pulaski County Sheriff

Sergeant Brandon Rector
Scott County Sheriff

Sergeant Cory Pelarski
University of Kentucky Police Department


The Department of Criminal Justice Training is a state agency located on Eastern Kentucky University’s campus. The agency is the first in the nation to be accredited under the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies’ public safety training program designation. DOCJT also earned accreditation through the International Association for Continuing Education and Training in 2013.

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